Are HPUX 11.11 patches available anymore?

[acerbix]

Hello!

(New to forum, first time poster, apologies in advance for any inadvertent rule breakage)

I have fond memories of HP9000 workstations from my college days in the early 90s: In a bout of nostalgia, I "rescued" a previously loved HP-J6700 from eBay recently. It came w/ the patch bundle for June 2003:

# swlist -l bundle | grep BUNDLE11i
  BUNDLE11i             B.11.11.0306.1 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i, June 2003 

 My current goal is to get a working web browser running on this machine. The one shipped with this (an old mozilla) can only browse http sites since it doesnt have modern encryption capabilities that https sites require.

My first step was to get to a modern-ish C compiler (say gcc-4.95.4) that can do posix threading. To get there I need to first build gcc-2.95.2, then 3.4.6,... until I build 4.95.4 Using the stock C compiler I was able to get gcc-2.95.2 and binutils-2.19.1 working w/ posix threads. However, trying to compile gcc-3.4.6 I ran into this issue:  Linker complaining about unknown +init argument . The recommendation in that thread is to apply patches PHSS_3537 and PHCO_34275. However, I cannot find these patches for download anywhere.

As an amateur/hobbyist, I do not have a support contract w HP: also, my understanding is that HPUX 11i is not supported anymore. Does this imply I will not be able to get these patches at all?

Thanks in advance.  

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] Does this imply I will not be able to get these patches at all?

   Whether or not 11.11 is still supported, without a support agreement,
I doubt that you'll be able to get them through legitimate channels
(from HP[E]).

   Another approach might be to see what you can do with what's
available from the HP-UX Porting and Archive Centre:
      http://hpux.connect.org.uk/

   A pre-built compiler and/or a GNU "ld" (and friends) might be
helpful.

   I have a (seldom active) c3700:

dy# uname -a
HP-UX dy B.11.11 U 9000/785 2012616114 unlimited-user license

with:

dy# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.4.2
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

which I must have built somehow, or found someplace (long ago).

   If you can't find what you need elsewhere, then send me some
e-mail, and we might discuss this elsewhere than a forum run by the
copyright owner.

[pooderbill]

In 2010, HPE added a license requirement for all patches.
Without an active HPE support contract, you cannot obtain any patches.
Also, HPE will only sell you a support contract for an Itanium blade running 11.31.
No other HP-UX systems are supported.
So you can buy an Itanium i6 blade and then purchase support that may get you access to 11.11 patches and bundles.

However, it also appears that even the free software section from the HPE Support Center is now deleting free packages for 11.11 and earlier.

So to get the programs you are looking for, you'll have to eBay your J-series and get a Linux server.

[gbudny]

Did you try to install GCC from this website?

http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/HPUX/itrc/downloads.html