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VisualAge C++ 3.6.5 (+ Fix2) - WarpIn or RPM?
Martin Iturbide:
Hello
I want to have an easy way to install VisualAge C++ on ArcaOS and I found it annoying to install with with Netscape and Feature Installer.
I'm being tempted to create my own IBM C/C++ Compiler 3.6.5 (+ Fix2) installer. But I don't know if I should do it on WarpIn or on RPM.
Will it be too crazy to create an RPM package for the "C/C++ Compiler 3.6.5 (+ Fix2)" ? can the compiler work on the /usr/bin and all that crazy FHS paths?
Or I should stick to WarpIn and create a directory for "C:\PROGRAMS\IBMCXXO" ?
Regards
ivan:
I would vote for WARPIN which is the OS/2 way rather than RPM which is trying to turn OS/2 into a sort of clone of Linux which it is NOT, also Warpin allows one to select an OS/2 directory structure.
Dave Yeo:
I think Warpin would be better, it is designed to install in its own directory. Also there would be conflicts with the toolkit components installed by RPM. Even with OS2TK45, Bitwise decided not to install all of it as an RPM, namely the SOM stuff at least, likely as it would not be a good fit with UNIXROOT.
Also if making an installer, you should do some things a bit different, like installing stuff at the end of LIBPATH instead of the beginning or give a choice of installing a setenv.cmd instead of messing with config.sys
Martin Iturbide:
Hello
1) About the OS2TK45, I was thinking on not to include it at all, and just use the one from the RPM or the one provided by David Azarewicz (Os2Tk45-20240311.zip).
2) I will first check what changes on the config.sys with the regular installer. And later see how to put the option of a "setenv.cmd"
3) I also noticed that VAC includes a different SOM.DLL of the one included in ArcaOS.
--- Quote ---Directory of C:\OS2\DLL
6-30-99 4:33p 92,009 0 a--- SOM.DLL
Directory of E:\WarpIn\IBM C C++ 3.6.5\ibmcxxo\dll
10-08-97 1:55p 127,838 248 a--- SOM.DLL
--- End quote ---
I guess I can ignore it , and use the one in ArcaOS, right?
Regards
Neil Waldhauer:
While I don't know about VAC 3.6, I know you should use the one from OS/2 for VAC 3.08.
By the way, what is the legal status of Visual Age C++?
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