Conference smurf::buildhelp

561.0. "re: srequest and TIN" by SMURF::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Mon Feb 14 1994 08:12

Date Of Receipt: 	13-FEB-1994 21:58:49.94
From: 	WASTED::jmf "Joshua M. Friedman ULTRIX SDE  13-Feb-1994 2158"
To: 	davidson@wasted:zko.dec, tresvik@wasted:zko.dec
CC: 	odehelp@wasted:zko.dec
Subj: 	re: srequest and TIN

Sean,

I'll let you figure out how you want to respond to Jim, BUT....

We have stated that we no longer support Mips/Silver (or Tin), with
plenty of warning; so has DECwest.

I don't think any extra work is warranted on our part in order to
allow Jim to use srequest from his TIN machine.

He can put a uname on his TIN host that returns 'ULTRIX' if
he wants; this will provide him a workaround (though I suppose it
could cause other problems).

-josh

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From: [email protected] (Jim McGinness)
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Subject: srequest no longer runs on TIN
Cc: [email protected]
Status: RO

The srequest program, by constructing its own path using /bin/machine
and uname, defeats the attempts some of us are making to continue to
use ODE on MIPS OSF/1 systems.  The error message we see is:

ERROR: srequest server is down, try again later

At a minimum, the absence of a Send_Request executable needs to be
detected and given a better error message.  In addition, I'd appreciate
it if you'd let me pass in an environment variable ODEPATH that would
not be summarily overridden:

*** srequest    Fri Feb  4 15:05:59 1994
- --- /tmp/srequest       Sat Feb 12 23:28:07 1994
***************
*** 1099,1103 ****
  export CUT FGREP AWK CAT ED GREP RM SED WHAT DEFAULT_EDITOR

! ODEPATH=/usr/sde/tools/`${BINMACHINE}`_`${UNAME}`/bin
  BDIFF=${ODEPATH}/bdiff
  BSTAT=${ODEPATH}/bstat
- --- 1099,1103 ----
  export CUT FGREP AWK CAT ED GREP RM SED WHAT DEFAULT_EDITOR

! ODEPATH=${ODEPATH:-/usr/sde/tools/`${BINMACHINE}`_`${UNAME}`/bin}
  BDIFF=${ODEPATH}/bdiff
  BSTAT=${ODEPATH}/bstat

Thanks.  Do you need to have this turned into a PTT case?

	-- jmcg


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Date Of Receipt: 	13-FEB-1994 22:21:54.95
From: 	ALPHA::"[email protected]" "Jim McGinness"
To: 	[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
CC: 	[email protected]
Subj: 	re: srequest and TIN

I'm happy using a copy of srequest, modified as I indicated.  A "uname"
that returned "ULTRIX" would produce more problems than it solved.

On a philosophical level, I was unhappy that this script, written in a
standard shell language, has nevertheless tied itself to only running
on platforms to which it is explicitly ported.

	-- jmcg