Re: {bb} bb client on 'QNX' ???

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 20:46, steve sayler wrote:
>
> I've been searching the archives and trying to install a bbc1.9i-btf
> client on a legacy QNX (4.25) machine. I was lucky enough to find a
> qnx post in the archives:
>
>   http://support.bb4.com/archive/199804/msg00127.html
>
> that looked hopeful... but the post is from 1998. (*Argh*).
>
> I'm 'just' guessing as I try the things below. Perhaps someone can
> help  ... and/or I was hoping someone would have  QNX client tar
> bundle I might get ??

I see that Sean has offered to help with porting in the past. With
luck, he may do so again. I've had to deal with QNX in the past but,
due to the resulting post-traumatic stress, I can't remember much
about it. 

> so what I've done is to try to get my qnx client to compile:
> 
> 1).  edit etc/bbinc.sh  changing MACHINE=`uname -n` -->
> machine='/usr/ucb/hostname'
> 2).  created a install/bbsys.qnx
>
>   # Modified 10/16/2006
>   UNAME="/usr/ucb/hostname"
>   MACHINE=`$UNAME`
>   UPOUTPUT="QNX"

  < details snipped >

> 3).  edit bbconfig to add qnx as an OS  --> OS="qnx bsdi bsdi4
> sco3 ..."
> 4).  run ./bbconfig qnx
>
>  ./bbconfig qnx
>  tput: not found
>  tput: not found

  < details snipped >

> well, a few things to worry about  .. like no tput... So I trudge
> on ... (*hopeful*..)

Those "tput" lines look like they are just cosmetic. You could remove
them or use another method to clear the terminal if it is important
to you. You could also test the command paths that are detected and
feed those back to the bbsys.qnx script. The "dig" command should not
be necessary, but you should try and find an uptime (or equivalent)
command.

>  $ chown -R bbuser //24/home/bbuser/bbc1.9i-btf
>  $ cd //24/home/bbuser/bbc1.9i-btf/src
>  $ make
>  mkdir: ../bin.CDPATH=:bbuser:/usr: No such file or directory
>  mkdir: DISPLAY=ssaylerlx.sec.noaa.gov:0.0: File exists
>  mkdir: HOME=//24/home/bbuser: No such file or directory
>  mkdir: HZ=1000: File exists

  < details snipped >

> These look like ALL of bbuser's environment variables...  *Argh*... 

Most often, this is the result of an empty "set" command. In this
case, you'll need to modify the src/minimake/bbmachine script to
correctly identify the machine and the src/minimake/genmake
script to set suitable defaults for QNX.

Cheers (and good luck), Phil.



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