bug#29946: no -A argument for 'tr' generates an error message whenever the AIX command "lslpp -L" is used (AIX 6.1 and later).

2018-01-03 Thread Michael Felt
On 1/3/2018 5:16 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: OK, attached is a proposed patch to coreutils. Michael, can you give it a try? Looks good! After patch: root@x072:[/home/prj/gnu/coreutils-8.29]lslpp -L | grep coreutils   aixtools.gnu.coreutils.man.en_US     8.29.0.0    C F 

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-06 Thread Michael Felt
I can certainly install a test partition and give someone access to work through this. Just contact me privately and we can get it in motion. Takes a bit less than 10 minutes to do a fresh install (compiler is in the backup image being restored). On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Paul Eggert wrote

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-06 Thread Michael Felt
l just build in phases.) Many thanks again. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > I downloaded, unpacked, ran configure and then "make -i". The only thing > notable is still the problem with the man page for 'test' aka '[' > (right_bracket) &

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-06 Thread Michael Felt
I downloaded, unpacked, ran configure and then "make -i". The only thing notable is still the problem with the man page for 'test' aka '[' (right_bracket) GEN man/test.1 help2man: can't get `--help' info from man/test.td/[ Try `--no-discard-stderr' if option outputs to stderr make: 1254-004

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-06 Thread Michael Felt
directory `/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.211-b1d1a/gnulib-tests' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.211-b1d1a/gnulib-tests' make[3]: Leaving directory `/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.211-b1d1a/gn

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
+ test 1 -eq 127 + exit 1 On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 05/06/15 20:27, Eric Blake wrote: > > On 06/05/2015 11:53 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > >> On 05/06/15 17:02, Michael Felt wrote: > >>>> Attribute "constructor" is n

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
e path name does not exist. ld: 0706-012 The -h flag is not recognized. ld: 0706-012 The -a flag is not recognized. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 255. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > >> "lib/get-permissions.c&

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
I did not run config.status - this dog missed that part of the trick! On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/05/2015 08:09 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > > root@x065:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23]make V=1 > > rm -f src/coreutils.h > >

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
uot; is not allowed. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Stop. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2. Stop. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: &

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
quot;, $main)"; done | sort > src/coreutils.ht /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;' is not expected. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2. Stop. root@x065:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23] On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Paul Eggert wr

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
This is reassuring. Thank you for the reply. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/05/2015 04:45 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > > [we tend to avoid top-posting on technical lists, as it makes it harder > to follow the flow of the message] > > > My "

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
ncerned - I had automake 1.15 installed. I removed it and installed automake-1.14.1 and the 'complaint' went away when I ran automake. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/05/2015 05:13 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > > I think I still have automake 1.14 lying around,

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
he error code from the last command is 2. Stop. root@x065:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23] And, it feels as if I am back where I first started - GEN of src/coreutils.h is unhappy. Thank you for your consideration. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > Actually, lo

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
, unpack, patch, automake, and see where/how things go). Michael On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > After rerunning ./configure --prefix=/opt I still stop at: > > GEN src/coreutils.h > /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;' is not expected. > make

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
After rerunning ./configure --prefix=/opt I still stop at: GEN src/coreutils.h /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;' is not expected. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > I think I still have

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
error code from the last command is 2. Shall rerun ./configure and see if the ./src directory problem is solved as well (after automake) p.s. I do this packaging as root - so I always need to # export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 Would be "more friendly" if this check could be reported ea

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
different executable (different inode) michael@x071:[/usr/bin]ls -li *ksh* 986 -r-xr-xr-x 5 bin bin 292316 Jun 30 2014 ksh 932 -r-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 902655 Jul 11 2014 ksh93 986 -r-xr-xr-x 5 bin bin 292316 Jun 30 2014 rksh 932 -r-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 902655 Jul 11 2014 rksh93 On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 a

bug#20733: coreutils build problem

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
ing!! On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > [adding autoconf] > > On 06/04/2015 01:17 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > > > > On 06/04/2015 09:41 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > >> GEN src/coreutils.h > >> /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-21 Thread Michael Felt
Thanks for the update. On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > >> Curious why you are calling this a compiler bug. >> > > Because it is a compiler bug. Try to compile (but not link) the attached > file. Here's what I get

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-18 Thread Michael Felt
;, adju sted_width, buf); pad_remaining = next_pad; } } Aren't macros fun! Anyway, if this is the "workings" of the bug, then maybe I can get it submitted for a bugfix. So, before I do any try and submit a bugreport to IBM - please verify that the above is "the bug" -

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-18 Thread Michael Felt
ntifer has worked well for ftoast.c for many years. The simple "include" of ftoastr.h to src/od.c and src/getlimits.c seems to be making assumptions that ftoastr.c has not. So, maybe there is another more elegant solution? On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > Curi

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-18 Thread Michael Felt
ncy on something not found by default when using the xlc compilers. But I may be wrong :p@me On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 06/13/2014 02:38 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.22' > > CC

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-18 Thread Michael Felt
include either in an AIX INSTALL or README? On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > Well, you guys are the experts. I was trying to be "smart" - thinking that > lbracket 'required' the closing right bracket to keep the shell syntax > checkers happy. Maybe

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-17 Thread Michael Felt
ther designed - so I shall make some specialized 'buildaix' components to get around the filenameing problem. Will keep you posted. On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/17/2014 02:50 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > > FYI: the program runs fine, and even from the

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-17 Thread Michael Felt
must have customized it to not include "lbracket" in the package - as, obviously, it was built. p.s. - I did not try your t.c program, but I expect it to work fine. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > I believe IBMis usually quite commited to being inline with p

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-15 Thread Michael Felt
then if nobody has cared up til now I doubt I will have much chance of making a difference on that. thx for the correction. I will mention it, but will not be holding my breath. Michael On Jun 14, 2014 7:28 PM, "Paul Eggert" wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > >> this is a

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Felt
d yes, deleting/not including it is probably the simplest solution. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > >> But to have a name like that, I must be too old fashioned - >> where is the win? >> > > It's so that execlp ("FO

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Felt
reason for coreutils is because of the differences between AIX install, bsd install and coreutils install. coreutils version works where AIX and bsd fail. On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > I am "packaging" on a "clean" system, i.e., as few dependanci

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Felt
I am "packaging" on a "clean" system, i.e., as few dependancies as possible. And I have some warnings about certain features not being included because the libraries are missing. Further, just compiling by manually adding -pthread seems to be working. Once I have the defines needed for the other p

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-14 Thread Michael Felt
ackslashes correctly). So, maybe your sample program would execute. I will try it in a day or so, just checking mail for now. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > >> But to have a name like that, I must be too old fashioned - >> where is

bug#17774: AIX and lbracket ([) program - will not install on AIX using installp

2014-06-13 Thread Michael Felt
I know now why I am still using version 8-15 1. I never tried 8.16 2. since version 8.17 (or 16 which I never tried) lbracket gets linked as the program [ Now, except that I would have a terrible time entering that as a command, as is it a special character for ksh, and I would think bash the addi

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-13 Thread Michael Felt
= aixtools.coreutils:aixtools.coreutils.man:8.20.0.0::I:T:N:man pages 2014.Jun.13 13.56 CUT0:: aixtools.coreutils:aixtools.coreutils.rte:8.20.0.0::I:T:N:coreutils 2014.Jun.13 13.56 CUT0:: aixtools.coreutils:aixtools.coreutils.share:8.20.0.0::I:T:N:share and document

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-13 Thread Michael Felt
Just noticed: need to add: cc -O2 -qlanglvl=extc99 -o src/ptx src/ptx.o src/libver.a lib/libcoreutils.a lib/libcoreutils.a -lpthread On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > For the most part, the configure and build runs quite clean. There are few > warnings

bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

2014-06-13 Thread Michael Felt
3: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier _GL_LDBL_PREC_BOUND. "src/getlimits.c", line 112.53: 1506-1324 (S) Array size must have integer type. make[2]: [src/getlimits.o] Error 1 (ignored) CCLD src/getlimits cc: 1501-228 (W) input file src/getlimits.o not found Not sure how to resolve the missing definitions - do not wish to make assumptions. Regards, Michael Felt

bug#12891: test-suite AIX 6.1 non-root xlC compiler

2012-11-20 Thread Michael Felt
root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/ coreutils/coreutils-8.20]cd tests root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20/tests]truss -f -o /tmp/tr m> cd .. && make check TESTS=tests/tail-2/F-vs-missing.sh SUBDIRS=. make[1]: Entering directory `/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20' GENpublic-submodule-

bug#12891: test-suite AIX 6.1 non-root xlC compiler

2012-11-15 Thread Michael Felt
The compressed nohup.out - for what is it worth, or not - attached. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Michael Felt wrote: > FYI > nohup.out.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data

bug#12891: test-suite AIX 6.1 non-root xlC compiler

2012-11-15 Thread Michael Felt
FYI test-suite.log.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data

bug#12841: Make for AIX 8.20 fails with undefined symbol .rpl_malloc

2012-11-09 Thread Michael Felt
Working on what you requested. Last bit I have in a file is: ... GENlib/wctype.h CC src/make-prime-list.o CCLD src/make-prime-list On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 11/08/2012 08:38 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > > ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefin

bug#12841: Make for AIX 8.20 fails with undefined symbol .rpl_malloc

2012-11-08 Thread Michael Felt
root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20]export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 root@x104:[/data/prj/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.20]CFLAGS=-O2 -qcpluscmt ./configure \ --prefix=/opt \ --sysconfdir=/var/coreutils/etc \ --sharedstatedir=/var/coreutils/com \ --localstat

bug#10423: problem with "make check" coreutils-8.14 after build

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Felt
My apologies for being so late with this. Lots of +++ at the end (might be something left over from debugging), but ends with: Testsuite summary for GNU coreutils 8.15 # TOTAL: 466 # PASS: 314 # SKIP: 117 # XFAIL: 0 #

bug#12793: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 - not really a bug, but friendliness issue

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Felt
Do not know when this came in (8.16, or 8.17) - but 8.17 also requires a complete rerun of configure. 8.15 was so simple (or did I just not notice it then?) Michael On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > Would be much nicer if ./configure complained at the beginning about be

bug#12793: FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 - not really a bug, but friendliness issue

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Felt
Would be much nicer if ./configure complained at the beginning about being root, rather than at the end. regards, Michael

bug#10423: problem with "make check" coreutils-8.14 after build on AIX (v5.3, xlc v7, ksh as default shell)

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
or configure scripts somewhere if I recall. No idea if this is related). regards, Michael On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > ... > > Making check in tests > > make check-TESTS > > help-version: failed test: --version-$

bug#10425: make check fails with "/bin/sh: not found" on AIX

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
my apologies for two sendings. Please reply via bug 10423. On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Michael Felt wrote: > Hi all, > > Happy New Year! > > configure and build of coreutils 8-14 went fine on AIX 5.3 (using xlc v7). > However, the subsequent "make check" does no

bug#10425: make check fails with "/bin/sh: not found" on AIX

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
Hi all, Happy New Year! configure and build of coreutils 8-14 went fine on AIX 5.3 (using xlc v7). However, the subsequent "make check" does not. Using both root and non-root userids "make check" fails at the same location. Please excuse my ignorance. No idea howto examine the test system. Rega

bug#10423: problem with "make check" coreutils-8.14 after build on AIX (v5.3, xlc v7, ksh as default shell)

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
2012 at 10:33 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Michael Felt wrote: > > > Sorry, lost me there... > > > > So, hopefully to improve both our understanding of what is happening... > > > > 1. I am using ksh (using bash did not change anything, unfortunately). > > 2. R

bug#10423: problem with "make check" coreutils-8.14 after build on AIX (v5.3, xlc v7, ksh as default shell)

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
+ : + cd /data/prj/coreutils-8.14/tests + chmod -R u+rwx /data/prj/coreutils-8.14/tests/gt-init.sh.bbZX + rm -rf /data/prj/coreutils-8.14/tests/gt-init.sh.bbZX + exit 0 root@x105:[/data/prj/coreutils-8.14/tests] On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > >

bug#10423: problem with "make check" coreutils-8.14 after build on AIX (v5.3, xlc v7, ksh as default shell)

2012-01-02 Thread Michael Felt
(Happy New Year - aside) configured and compiled coreutils without incident, however "make check" fails at the same spot for both root and non-root. The test fails saying /bin/sh: not found Unfortunately, I am not smart enough to dig in check/test logic - any help is appreciated. regards,