Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 02:44:16 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [Ux2bs_Archive] No. 153 ************************************************** Sunday 15 June 2003 Number 153 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : Patrick Ash 2 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : Ted Sikora 3 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : Ted Sikora 4 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : mamodeo at stny.rr.com 5 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : Henry Sobotka 6 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : James Moe" 7 Re: baseline .. some thoughts : Andrew Belov" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:40:36 +0000 From: Patrick Ash Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:12:42 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: >A few must have packages we should add to baseline pronto. > >ulsemx.zip - unicode support > >emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file links > >gnuufc.zip - crypt support > >gmp202.zip ^^^^ The latest version of gmp is 4.1.2, which builds right out of the box. there is also version 3.1.1 on hobbes < http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/unix/gmp-3.1.1.zip >, a very nice package put together by Henry Sobotka. Pat -- Patrick Ash patash at comcast.net This OS/2 system uptime is 36 days, 22:31 hours and 06 seconds _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:11:18 +0000 From: Ted Sikora Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts Patrick Ash wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:12:42 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: > > >>A few must have packages we should add to baseline pronto. >> >>ulsemx.zip - unicode support >> >>emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file links >> >>gnuufc.zip - crypt support >> >>gmp202.zip > > > ^^^^ The latest version of gmp is 4.1.2, which builds right out > of the box. I guess we should add it. > > there is also version 3.1.1 on hobbes < > http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/unix/gmp-3.1.1.zip >, a very nice > package put together by Henry Sobotka. > > Pat > -- T.Sikora tsikora at ntplx.net _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:21:58 +0000 From: Ted Sikora Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts Epoc seems pretty propietary. Will it work for standard ports? mamodeo at stny.rr.com wrote: >>On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:11:18 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: >> >> >>>>>emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file >>>> >>links >> >>Regarding this one (I think I've raised this issue previously): can we change >>it to use the "SYMLINK" extended attribute instead of "SOFTLINK"? This is >>for purpose of consistency with the well-known HPFS driver for Linux v 2.4. >> >>If we align it with the Linux solution for representing symlinks, HPFS users >>may benefit from interoperability with Linux, e.g. by storing some common >>part of /usr on HPFS. We need it bad. I would venture to say a good majority of all Unix ports are unbuildable because of no ln, utmp and proper uid/gid support. > > > I've got this and a few other bug fixes and changes to the link support > source code. I didn't know anyone was still interested in using it, so > I never released the updates. I'll ship them out tonight. > > After EM responded (just before the list died) I thought it might be -- T.Sikora tsikora at ntplx.net _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:22:20 +0000 From: mamodeo at stny.rr.com Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:11:18 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: > > >>>emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file > links > > Regarding this one (I think I've raised this issue previously): can we change > it to use the "SYMLINK" extended attribute instead of "SOFTLINK"? This is > for purpose of consistency with the well-known HPFS driver for Linux v 2.4. > > If we align it with the Linux solution for representing symlinks, HPFS users > may benefit from interoperability with Linux, e.g. by storing some common > part of /usr on HPFS. I've got this and a few other bug fixes and changes to the link support source code. I didn't know anyone was still interested in using it, so I never released the updates. I'll ship them out tonight. After EM responded (just before the list died) I thought it might be worth looking at Epoc EMX (which includes this support) rather than continuing the project. _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:15:51 -0400 From: Henry Sobotka Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts Andreas Buening wrote: > > Have I mentioned that we need a libc maintainer? ;-) How about putting EMX on CVS and going with collective maintenance, i.e. a mailing list to screen and review patches, and an informal consensus to okay checkins? h~ _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:06:49 -0700 (MST) From: "James Moe" Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:11:18 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: >>>emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file links >>> While not as useful as a true symbolic links, I have found this CMD to be quite useful in getting distributions to build. I believe it was Holger who provided it, but I am not sure. Put this in /usr/bin/. It, of course, does not solve the problem where running programs need links.... - ----[ ln.cmd ]--------------------- /* rexx */ " at echo off"; parse arg dash_s src dst; if ("-s" \= dash_s) then parse arg src dst; fsrc = translate(src, '\', '/'); fdst = translate(dst, '\', '/'); if ('' = stream()) then do say '?ln-E-Not found:' fsrc; exit 1; end 'copy' fsrc fdst '2>&1 >nul'; exit 0; - -- jimoe at sohnen-moe dot com pgp/gpg public key: http://www.keyserver.net/en/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0 OS/2 for non-commercial use Comment: PGP 5.0 for OS/2 Charset: cp850 wj8DBQE+7q/5sxxMki0foKoRApQAAJ9pWxE7LYNJz+0ctM1wtJiijRDhZgCgnnOJ gwX2kPxoTGVeRvbsNqYx2RE= =PdYW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:14:38 +0300 (MSK) From: "Andrew Belov" Subject: Re: baseline .. some thoughts On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:11:18 +0000, Ted Sikora wrote: >>>emx_link_support_04142003.zip - support for EA-"emulated" soft file links Regarding this one (I think I've raised this issue previously): can we change it to use the "SYMLINK" extended attribute instead of "SOFTLINK"? This is for purpose of consistency with the well-known HPFS driver for Linux v 2.4. If we align it with the Linux solution for representing symlinks, HPFS users may benefit from interoperability with Linux, e.g. by storing some common part of /usr on HPFS. _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs