WNEWS + TIN + ELM
Michael Gerhards
> I just this evening FTP'd the packages for elm, tin, and wnews from
[..]
> When it came to the tin122.tar.z and the wnews402.tar.z packages
> everything fell apart. I could not uncompress nor tar x the files. I even
> tested unzip on them out of exasperation.
I think that these packages are compressed with gzip.
Using gnutar, you could say: tar xzf tin122.tar.z
Michael
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Udo Munk
: Hi All,
: I just this evening FTP'd the packages for elm, tin, and wnews from
: raven.alaska.edu in the hopes that the upgraded programs would compile
: 'nicer' than their earlier counterparts did on Coherent 4.0x. Elm worked like
: a charm. When it came to the tin122.tar.z and the wnews402.tar.z packages
: everything fell apart. I could not uncompress nor tar x the files. I even
: tested unzip on them out of exasperation. Can anyone set me straight on what
: I have to do to get at these packages or are they simply corrupted somehow?
They are compressed with gzip, type "tar xzvf filename". It this doesn't
work you didn't get the files in binary mode, the files on raven are OK.
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Dan Williamson
MG> I think that these packages are compressed with gzip.
MG> Using gnutar, you could say: tar xzf tin122.tar.z
Thanks. I'll try the gzip I received with the CohWare packages. I appreciate your help Michael.
Dan
Kevin Ray,708-622-8649
> I just this evening FTP'd the packages for elm, tin, and wnews from
> raven.alaska.edu in the hopes that the upgraded programs would compile
> 'nicer' than their earlier counterparts did on Coherent 4.0x. Elm worked like
> a charm. When it came to the tin122.tar.z and the wnews402.tar.z packages
> everything fell apart. I could not uncompress nor tar x the files. I even
> tested unzip on them out of exasperation. Can anyone set me straight on what
> I have to do to get at these packages or are they simply corrupted somehow?
If memory serves me correctly elm is in zipped format -- you would
have had no problem with that since you probably new the extension.
.z files are compressed with 'gzip' -- you need 'gunzip'. Since I am
assuming you have coh 4.2.05 (you did say better than on 4.0x) you
already have gunzip. Good luck!
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Dan Williamson
> tested unzip on them out of exasperation. Can anyone set me straight on
what
> I have to do to get at these packages or are they simply corrupted
somehow?
KR> .z files are compressed with 'gzip' -- you need 'gunzip'.
KR> Since I am assuming you have coh 4.2.05 (you did say better
KR> than on 4.0x) you already have gunzip. Good luck!
Thanks, Kevin (and others who responded earlier). I did manage to unravel
the packages. The wnews compiled nicely and I built up the news system but
when I tackled tin 1.2.2 it balked when it hit bison. I uncommented yacc
to take its place and it got as far as strftime.c where it errored out. I
tried to set the HAVE_STRFTIME flag and compile but it still comes up with
an error related to finding strftime. The 4.2 manual states that
strftime() is a standard function of Coherent. Has anyone else run into
this stumbling block or did I just blow it? I tried compilation for
coherent and for SCO unix (thought maybe it might slip by but it died on a
missing library). In the meantime I'm using the tin 1.1.9 version.
On another note should I have installed STREAMS for any specific reason?
Would this have any effect on the compilation of news/mail?
Regards,
Dan
Randy Wright
> Kevin Ray,708-622-8649 wrote:
>
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> On another note should I have installed STREAMS for any specific reason?
> Would this have any effect on the compilation of news/mail?
>
if you are going to run a STREAMS device driver or module.
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: Thanks, Kevin (and others who responded earlier). I did manage to unravel
: the packages. The wnews compiled nicely and I built up the news system but
: when I tackled tin 1.2.2 it balked when it hit bison. I uncommented yacc
Under 4.2 bison isn't needed anymore, yacc is improved and is able to
process the yacc source which is part of tin.
: to take its place and it got as far as strftime.c where it errored out. I
: tried to set the HAVE_STRFTIME flag and compile but it still comes up with
: an error related to finding strftime. The 4.2 manual states that
Unset HAVE_STRFTIME, the function is documented in the manual but missing
in the lib. It's fixed in the meantime, but you don't need this fix, tin
comes with it's own strftime() and that works fine.
: On another note should I have installed STREAMS for any specific reason?
: Would this have any effect on the compilation of news/mail?
No, STREAMS aren't needed for any of the communication packages available.
It doesn't have any effect on compilation of such applications eighter
if it's enabled or disabled.