Expect for 10.20?

[Robin Abecasis]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone out there could point me to a version of Expect that can be installed on a HPUX 10.20 server. The server has no compiler or anything, so it would have to be swinstall'able.

Thanks in advance,
Robin

[Suraj Singh_1]

Did u try http://expect.nist.gov/#unix ?

[Steven E. Protter]

http://hpux.connect.org.uk

If its not there, you will need to compile it on another machine.

SEP

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

refer to this:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Tcl/expect-5.43/

u must install tcltk first before building or running expect.

regards.

[Robin Abecasis]

Thanks for your replies, how-ever i should have mentioned that compiling is not an option, since the 10.20 server does not have a compiler.

Also, yes, i tried the PortingArchive, but they in their infinite wisdom only provide HPUX 11.X installs (not much of an archive then is it!?).

I am hoping someone out there has an old depot file for Expect. I don't need the latest/greatest... just something i can install on 10.20 without compiling.

Thanks in advance,
Robin

[TwoProc]

Gcc is a free compiler if it gets down to that. I've not used it, but from reading the forums I gather that others use it sucessfully.

[Robin Abecasis]

Yeah i know, but again, i can't find GCC in a depot for 10.20 - and with no compiler on the machine, i can't compile GCC either. Its a vicious circle!

Thanks anyway... Robin

[TwoProc]

Actually you're machine comes with a c compiler and linker - but not the ansi standard one. Is it possible that gcc would compile itself with the vanilla c compiler? Probably not. You've also got another problem - you've got to get Tcl/Tk installed (and maybe compiled).

[Robin Abecasis]

We remove all compilers from production servers as a security feature. Ahhh well, makes it interesting now! :)

Cheers,
Robin

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Your security "feature" has now made it impossible to build kernels since the Bundled C compiler is required for that. That also means that kernel-related patch installations are going to fail. Moreover, minor system tuning is now going to be an ordeal.

[TwoProc]

Taking A. Clay's comment a bit further... I'm sure you're required to keep the latest security patches on your system to maintain security compliance, but you can't patch b/c you don't have the c compiler. What fun those security compliance things are!