From: UnixOS2 Archive To: "UnixOS2 Archive" Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 04:53:15 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 41 ************************************************** Monday 10 February 2003 Number 41 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: TeTex 2.0 released : John Poltorak 2 Bootable LINUX floppy : John Poltorak 3 Re: TeTex 2.0 released : John Poltorak 4 Re: TeTex 2.0 released : Mentore Siesto 5 Re: Bootable LINUX floppy : Steve Wendt" 6 Bash... almost got it togethuh! : Jeff Robinson 7 Getting to grips with Texinfo : John Poltorak **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:26:08 +0000 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: TeTex 2.0 released On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:29:16PM +0100, Christian Hennecke wrote: > TeTex 2.0 has been released (see announcement below). Would be nice to > have this on OS/2 too. > > You can get teTeX-2.0 from the following server: > ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/2.0/distrib/ > (UK) > > From these servers, you need the following files for teTeX-2.0: > > sources of the programs (required): > ==> tetex-src-2.0.tar.gz I've just had a look at the source at it looks as though teTeX is composed of many seperate packages, some of which, eg ncurses, dialog, texinfo, zlib already build on OS/2 straight out of the box. However it does look like quite an effort would need to be made to make sure all the bits and pieces could be put together satisfactorily. I would probably need someone with a good knowledge of teTeX to know where to start. > Christian Hennecke -- John **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:45:30 +0000 From: John Poltorak Subject: Bootable LINUX floppy I've just come across a package called SYSLINUX which among other things allows you to create a bootable LINUX floppy. Here are the instructions from the docs:- ++++ CREATING A BOOTABLE LINUX FLOPPY +++ In order to create a bootable Linux floppy using SYSLINUX, prepare a normal MS-DOS formatted floppy. Copy one or more Linux kernel files to it, then execute the DOS command: syslinux [-s] a: Which Linux kernel files does this statement allude to? And where do I find them? -- John **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:26:16 +0000 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: TeTex 2.0 released On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:40:06AM +0100, Mentore Siesto wrote: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, John Poltorak wrote: > > JP >I've just had a look at the source at it looks as though teTeX is composed > JP >of many seperate packages, some of which, eg ncurses, dialog, texinfo, > JP >zlib already build on OS/2 straight out of the box. However it does look > JP >like quite an effort would need to be made to make sure all the bits and > JP >pieces could be put together satisfactorily. I would probably need someone > JP >with a good knowledge of teTeX to know where to start. > > IIRC there's an old OS/2 port of teTeX made by Sawataishi Jun. We could > ask him how he did the port. I didn't get anywhere when I tried to use that port - I got into some sort of loop between his work and that of Mr. DAIKOKU. See:- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ez9y-dikk/ptex/index-e.html Maybe quite a number of the packages available there would be usable... Perhaps Mr. DAIKOKU would consider updating his port from the new release... > -- > Mentore Siesto > Team OS/2 Italia > -- John **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:40:06 +0100 (CET) From: Mentore Siesto Subject: Re: TeTex 2.0 released On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, John Poltorak wrote: JP >I've just had a look at the source at it looks as though teTeX is composed JP >of many seperate packages, some of which, eg ncurses, dialog, texinfo, JP >zlib already build on OS/2 straight out of the box. However it does look JP >like quite an effort would need to be made to make sure all the bits and JP >pieces could be put together satisfactorily. I would probably need someone JP >with a good knowledge of teTeX to know where to start. IIRC there's an old OS/2 port of teTeX made by Sawataishi Jun. We could ask him how he did the port. -- Mentore Siesto Team OS/2 Italia **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:10:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Steve Wendt" Subject: Re: Bootable LINUX floppy On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:45:30 +0000, John Poltorak wrote: >normal MS-DOS formatted floppy. Copy one or more Linux kernel files to > >Which Linux kernel files does this statement allude to? And where do I >find them? The answer to this is likely to identical to your previous one - these files are generally called something like vmlinuz (or bzImage). ----------- "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato (427-347 B.C.) **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:19:01 -0600 From: Jeff Robinson Subject: Bash... almost got it togethuh! Hi folks, I think I've pretty much patched up bash 2.05a the way I want (thanks for the linking suggestions from before). I've created a diff from the original source (using the -crN option) which went well. The only problem I have now is that in the new version of the source there is a subdirectory that does not exist in the original code. When patch goes through, it has no problem creating new files that didn't exist before, but on new directories it fails and halts. Is this an issue with the version of patch that I'm using, or do I need to apply it in a special way? If I manually go in a create the directory, patch then populates it just fine. Any hints? Jeff -- ---------------- Whatza JamochaMUD? http://jamochamud.anecho.mb.ca Or other stuff: http://www.anecho.mb.ca/~jeffnik ----------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:38:01 +0000 From: John Poltorak Subject: Getting to grips with Texinfo Texinfo v4.5 appears to build straight out of the box, so I think I can manage to learn how to use it finally. It's taking some getting used to because of the awkward keymapping, but there is a lot of useful help available. I'd definitely recommend installing the package. One thing which seems a little inconsistant is the way some pacakages update the DIR file in the INFO directory and others don't... Is there any way of updating this file to take account of all the INFO files in the directory? Also it seems that most apps take no notice of an '--infodir=' parameter with configure. Is there anything which can be done about that? -- John