[cfarm-users] Installing emacs on GCC119/AIX

[CM Graff]

> I can install GNU/Linux and BSDs on commodity hardware in a VM,
Very few of us need more VMs. And by that logic one could test AIX
inside of a VM. I understand that corporate loyalty is important in
these strange times but no need to eschew logic.
> Debugging obscure AIX bugs without access to those systems is impossible.
The word "obscure" is indeed relevant.

What is done with donations should be decided by the group. I know
that IBM is offering bounties to fix such issues and perhaps that is a
nice way for developers to make some money on the side. However, most
of us actually need more arm and mips boards, of which are quite
inexpensive. As it is, the test runs I do on powerpc mean very little
to my target developer audience. I list them purely for novelty to
show efficacy.

> If you don't want to use the AIX machine then don't use it
I indeed log out instantaneously upon getting the AIX server message
if I happen to accidentally wander onto one of the machines

Graff

On 10/11/17, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 October 2017 at 15:01, CM Graff via cfarm-users
> <cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>> I believe the problem is that very few of us actually want or need
>> AIX. It's nice of IBM to donate machines, but we need them running
>> linux, netbsd or freebsd. I don't advertise my work here, and nor
>> would I expect it to be pre-installed if I donated a machine. Why
>> should IBM be any different. Furthermore, the product AIX is just not,
>> and never has been important to the free software community, leading
>> to time wastage and novelty test runs.
>
> Ahem. This is the GCC compile farm, and those of us who support GCC on
> AIX are grateful for having access to AIX machines. I can install
> GNU/Linux and BSDs on commodity hardware in a VM, and the compile farm
> already has examples of those machines. Debugging obscure AIX bugs
> without access to those systems is impossible.
>
> If you don't want to use the AIX machine then don't use it, but don't
> complain about donations to the compile farm. If IBM stop donating
> POWER machines running AIX they're not suddenly going to donate
> machines running NetBSD instead, so I don't see what you think this
> comment will achieve.
>
>
>
>
>> Graff
>>
>> On 10/10/17, David Edelsohn via cfarm-users
>> <cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>>> The Emacs RPM is broken.  The pre-built binaries for AIX are known to
>>> have problems with libintl dependencies.
>>>
>>> - David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Martin Jambor <mjambor at suse.cz> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 08:12:44AM -0400, David Edelsohn via
>>>> cfarm-users
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 7:30 AM, Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users
>>>>> <cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Everyone,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'd like to install emacs on GCC119/AIX.
>>>>>
>>>>> GNU Emacs already is installed on gcc119 in /opt/freeware.
>>>>
>>>> It is, but when I try to run it, I get an error:
>>>>
>>>> jamborm at power8-aix:~/gcc$ which emacs
>>>> /opt/freeware/bin//emacs
>>>> jamborm at power8-aix:~/gcc$ emacs
>>>> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program emacs because of the following
>>>> errors:
>>>>         0509-130 Symbol resolution failed for
>>>> /opt/freeware/lib/libglib-2.0.a(libglib-2.0.so.0) because:
>>>>         0509-136   Symbol __dbargs (number 187) is not exported from
>>>>                    dependent module
>>>> /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8).
>>>>         0509-136   Symbol __dbsubc (number 195) is not exported from
>>>>                    dependent module
>>>> /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8).
>>>>         0509-136   Symbol __dbsubg (number 196) is not exported from
>>>>                    dependent module
>>>> /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8).
>>>>         0509-136   Symbol __dbsubn (number 197) is not exported from
>>>>                    dependent module
>>>> /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.a(libintl.so.8).
>>>>         0509-026 System error: Error 0
>>>>         0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
>>>>                  'dump -Tv' command.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or am I the only one getting that error?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Martin
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