Porting Glibc to HP-UX

[Ashwin BR]

I've Ported old version of GLIBC(2.1.3) to HP-UX without using LPK...
I want to know how to use that library in HP-UX applications...?
Also I want to know how to proceed furthur...?
Please let me know

[Steven E. Protter]

You've ported it prior to knowing how to use it?

Maybe the nice folks at http://hpux.connect.org.uk

can help find a use for it.

How did you test it?

How do you know it works?

Maybe it fits in with these tools.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gtk/Development/

SEP

[Ashwin BR]

Hi folks,,,

Thaks for replying...

I want to know how to proceed it furthur...

Shall i proceed with the next ported version

ie GLIBC 2.2.4... or shall i continue with

the immediate next version...

Bieng an fresher to this field i'm asking

these questions...

Thanks in advance...

Regards

Anitha

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Go for the most recent version. Even alpha-ports will do.
Why?

1. It's new anyway, so people that want to use it on HP-UX will read the docs and expect the most recent functionality
2. You don't have to care about backward (in)compatibilities, because there are no older versions
3. You will be close to the development version, which makes it easy to port your changes (the changes needed to get it to run on HP-UX) back to the GNU source (and please do report back all changes you make, they are valuable to that team)
4. You will hit the most strangest things first.

I'm running the most recent GNU gcc on HP-UX to compile bleading edge perl just because I want to catch incompatibilities before anyone else. On AIX, I even run one of the first nightly snapshots of gcc-4. I also have the native compilers available on both OS's, so I do not need gcc.

Also try to compile glibc with all compilers you can get on HP-UX. They all react different, and all feedback is valuable.

SEP, porting to HP-UX without knowing what you would want to use it for is a form of art that yields much fun. That alone is reason enough to do it. All GNU projects come with test packages: make check, so knowing how to test it isn't a big issue either. On the road of porting GNU apps to HP-UX, you learn a lot, which is yet another reason to just do it.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn