GZIP 1.3.5

[Regina Mitchell]

I have been asked to upgrade gzip from 1.2.x to 1.3.5 on HPUX 11.11 v1 OS. I have the following questions:

1) When I upgrade to 1.3.5 do I also reinstall the build time dependencies?

2) Is their a better way to download gzip and all of it's dependencies in a one time shot?

3) Can I use swinstall to install it or do I have to use the make and configure command to install?

All replies are appreciated.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Regina:

You can download and 'swinstall' the packaged binary from here:

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

Regards!

...JRF...

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hi Regina,

1)) When I upgrade to 1.3.5 do I also reinstall the build time dependencies?

You need to have Run-time dependancies.
Yes, It is required because, you may get unstatisfied symbols at the time of execution.
It is always better to install required run-time dependancies.

2) Is their a better way to download gzip and all of it's dependencies in a one time shot?

Nope, you can create a script with wget or curl for this purpose. Those tools are external, you need to install it one more time.

3) Can I use swinstall to install it or do I have to use the make and configure command to install?

If you download a .depot file, # swinstall is quite enough. Otherwise, depending upon the package type, you need to do it.

-Arun

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Regina,

There is also a patch PHCO_34539, which contains GZIP 1.3.5. If you install this patch, you DONT need to install any dependancies since it upgrades /usr/contrib/bin/gzip

Check this out http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHCO_34539&sel={hpux:11.11,}&BC=main|search|

-Arun

[Regina Mitchell]

I see you ssaid that I need to install the dependencies, but if they already exsists under gzip 1.2.x, do I need to reinstall the dependecies under 1.3.5? I wasn't quite clear on that.


By the way, thanks to all for the replies

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Regina,

but if they already exsists under gzip 1.2.x, do I need to reinstall the dependecies under 1.3.5? I wasn't quite clear on that.

Try to install PHCO_34539, which upgrades in-built GZIP that comes with HP-UX

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHCO_34539&sel={hpux:11.11,}&BC=main|search|

To answer your question, Yes. If you have 3rd party GZIP, consider installing run-time dependancies as well.

-Arun

[Regina Mitchell]

I will use the patch, since it will save me time. Thanks for your reply.