Problem installing gnutools on 5.0.7 w/Maint Pack 5 (or, how to build gcc)

[Dave Hammond]

Hi All,

I'm trying to install gnutools-5.0.7Kj on a SCO 5.0.7 system with
Maintenance Pack 5, and scoadmin is complaining that I can't install
gnutools without "Maintenance pack 1 (or higher)". I'm no
mathematician, but I'm pretty sure that 5 qualifies under "or higher".
:)

Any ideas what I can do to convince scoadmin that it's ok to install
gnutools?

For what it's worth, the goal is to get a working gcc, so if there are
better ways than following the instructions provided in the gcc docs
for releases that work on SCO (gcc 3.4.3 on 5.0.6), then please let me
know. Something on the order of "download the pre-compiled version
from foo.com" would be great. :)

With respect to gcc, I did successfully compile 3.3.1, but when I test
it, ld complains about missing the symbol "_fini" in crt1.o. I gave
3.4.3 a shot, but the build dies when compiling pretty-print.c ("line
270: error: invalid type combination").

Thanks for any insight, directions, sympathy, ...

-Dave H.

[Jean-Pierre Radley]

Dave Hammond typed (on Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 09:48:07AM -0700):
| Hi All,
|
| I'm trying to install gnutools-5.0.7Kj on a SCO 5.0.7 system with
| Maintenance Pack 5, and scoadmin is complaining that I can't install
| gnutools without "Maintenance pack 1 (or higher)". I'm no
| mathematician, but I'm pretty sure that 5 qualifies under "or higher".
| :)
|
| Any ideas what I can do to convince scoadmin that it's ok to install
| gnutools?

Line 52 of the install script can be edited; but an easier fix is to
first do:

touch /tmp/gnutools.nocheck.

[Dave Hammond]

Post by Jean-Pierre Radley
| I'm trying to install gnutools-5.0.7Kj on a SCO 5.0.7 system with
| Maintenance Pack 5, and scoadmin is complaining that I can't install
| gnutools without "Maintenance pack 1 (or higher)".
[...]
Line 52 of the install script can be edited; but an easier fix is to
touch /tmp/gnutools.nocheck.
--
JP

Thanks, JP, that did the trick.

Nice to know that you're still such a valuable resource, even after so
many years and so many SCO versions!

-Dave H.