On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Ephraim Silverberg wrote:
> Can't compile Exim 1.90 under AIX:
>
> black[ exim-1.90 ] uname -a
> AIX black 1 4 009000B64C00
> lack[ exim-1.90 ] black[ exim-1.90 ] gmake
> cd build-${build:-`scripts/os-type`-`scripts/arch-type`}; gmake
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/tmp_mnt/vol/src/Mail/exim/exim-1.90/build-aix-rs6000'
>
> ../scripts/Configure-makefile
>
> *** Sorry - operating system aix is not supported
> *** See OS/Makefile-* for supported systems
>
> gmake[1]: *** [makefile] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp_mnt/vol/src/Mail/exim/exim-1.90/build-aix-rs6000'
> gmake: *** [go] Error 2
> black[ exim-1.90 ] ls -l OS/Makefile-AIX
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ephraim mail 732 Mar 27 15:42 OS/Makefile-AIX
>
> The contents of OS/Makefile-AIX do not indicate any particular actions that
> I must take.
>
> Anyone succeed to compile 1.90 under AIX?
I don't know, but it looks as if the os name is being given as "aix",
whereas the scripts expect "AIX". Sigh. I do wish implementors could
settle on fixed names for their operating systems. Have a look at the
script in scripts/osname. You will find a big fudge list like this:
# A value has been obtained for the os. Some massaging may be needed in
# some cases to get a uniform set of values. Various shells set OSTYPE to
# things that aren't quite the same as each other. It is all a huge mess.
case "$os" in
bsdi) os=BSDI;;
BSDOS) os=BSDI;;
BSD_OS) os=BSDI;;
dgux) os=DGUX;;
freebsd*) os=FreeBSD;;
Irix5) os=IRIX;;
Irix6) os=IRIX6;;
IRIX64) os=IRIX6;;
IRIX) version=`uname -r`
case "$version" in
5*) os=IRIX;;
6*) os=IRIX632;;
esac;;
HI-OSF1-MJ) os=HI-OSF;;
HI-UXMPP) os=HI-OSF;;
hpux*) os=HP-UX;;
linux) os=Linux;;
linux-*) os=Linux;;
Linux-*) os=Linux;;
osf1) os=OSF1;;
solaris*) os=SunOS5;;
sunos4) os=SunOS4;;
Ultrix) os=ULTRIX;;
esac
Try adding just before the line starting bsdi) the line
aix) os=AIX;;
or possibly
aix*) os=AIX;;
Please let me know if this works, in which case I will include it in
future releases.
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