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VisualAge C++ 3.6.5 (+ Fix2) - WarpIn or RPM?

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aziz:
There is no reason to package this as a rpm:
- it does not have any dependencies on other rpm packages;
- there will be no further versions, so there is no need for an automatically update mechanism (Furthermore you do not plan to redistribute the "abandon-ware" files, so there would not be a repository anybody could update from).

Rich Walsh:

--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on October 24, 2024, 03:28:34 am ---While I don't know about VAC 3.6, I know you should use the one from OS/2 for VAC 3.08.

--- End quote ---

This is almost certainly incorrect. Over the years I've seen numerous warning that installing VACPP would backlevel SOM unless you took steps to prevent it. In any case, v3.65 (which doesn't include an IDE) makes no use of SOM, so it isn't even needed for this package.

The only "valid" version of SOM.DLL is the one in CP2/AOS5.x:  size= 92,009  timestamp= 99/06/30 16:33:04

Steven Levine:
Hi Martin,

If you are looking for a .wis example that modifies installed files, extract vboxadd.wis from the VirtualBox Additions wpi on your ArcaOS install media.

This .wis uses cube to do the file edits because cube is always installed by ArcaOS.  However, you can always write your own REXX script to do the edits.

Since you are newish to REXX, I recommend learning to use the TRACE statement and the RXD utility.  They will make debugging your script go faster.

Regarding the SOM DLLs, do not put the 3.65 SOM DLLs that backlevel the versions shipped by ArcaOS into the .wpi or you will be unhappy with the results.

Since you are supplying a toolkit for building the distro, rather than a distro. I would recommend using WarpIN, rather than rpm, only because more users may be able to use the toolkit.

Neil Waldhauer:

--- Quote from: Rich Walsh on October 24, 2024, 08:42:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on October 24, 2024, 03:28:34 am ---While I don't know about VAC 3.6, I know you should use the one from OS/2 for VAC 3.08.

--- End quote ---

This is almost certainly incorrect. Over the years I've seen numerous warning that installing VACPP would backlevel SOM unless you took steps to prevent it. In any case, v3.65 (which doesn't include an IDE) makes no use of SOM, so it isn't even needed for this package.

The only "valid" version of SOM.DLL is the one in CP2/AOS5.x:  size= 92,009  timestamp= 99/06/30 16:33:04

--- End quote ---

That is why I recommend the one from OS/2 rather than the one from VAC.

Doug Clark:
Martin - Netscape and Feature install isn't THAT bad.  The only gotcha is you need to size the netscape window large enough to accommodate the install screen without resizing.  Size the netscape window to the size you need  - shut down netscape, then do the feature install stuff.  Otherwise the little icon at the bottom of the netscape screen that you click on to start the install can't be reached because there are not scroll bars.  If you can't see that icon/graphic at the bottom of the last screen - you haven't sized the window large enough.

And you probably want netscape anyway for the help system.  I know the help system runs with mozilla on Windows, but (according to my faulty memory) I don't think the help system runs with any later browsers on OS/2, so you need the legacy netscape anyway.  If anyone has gotten the help system to run with mozilla please correct me here.

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