sh: /usr/local/bin/gzip: Execute permission denied.

[wittie]

On a HP-UX 11.11 box, I wanted to update my gzip version. 1.3.5 was installed into /usr/contrib/bin. I installed 1.3.12 version into /usr/local/bin. After linking

# ln -f /usr/local/bin/gzip /usr/contrib/bin/gzip

now I'm receiving

# gzip -V
sh: gzip: Execute permission denied.

Permissions were the same as on another system, where gzip works:

# ll /usr/local/bin/gzip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 94208 Apr 16 2007 /usr/local/bin/gzip

I chowned to bin:bin, but it still gives the error.

/usr/local/bin is exported as PATH variable.

I am root.

Any idea how to run gzip ?

# /usr/local/bin/gzip -V
sh: /usr/local/bin/gzip: Execute permission denied.

# /usr/contrib/bin/gzip -V
sh: /usr/contrib/bin/gzip: Execute permission denied.

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Probably something went wrong during the installation.

Install gzip from depot.

You can download it in depot format here

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.12/

[Ivan Krastev]

Can you post the output of:

file /usr/local/bin/gzip

Maybe this is PA 2.0 binary ?

regards,
ivan

[wittie]

Luk, i downloaded it exactly from the link you mentioned and it is the depot file i've installed.

Krastev, yes it's a PA 2.0

# file /usr/local/bin/gzip
/usr/local/bin/gzip: PA-RISC2.0 shared executable dynamically linked

[wittie]

so so so, if i switch to shell ksh, i got a more reasonable error:

# gzip -V
ksh: /usr/contrib/bin/gzip: Executable file incompatible with hardware

# model
9000/778/B180L

And what for gzip version do i need for a B180L machine?

[whiteknight]

Wittie

B180L workstation is a supported on 32bit OS, so, PA 2.0 is not supported. please locate PA 1.1 shared library.


Hope this help.


WK

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

The B180 uses a PA-7300 processor and thus cannot use a PA-RISC 2.0 instruction set. While the code may be 32-bit the instruction set is a superset of the instructions that your CPU understands. You are going to have to download the source from the Porting Centre and build a PA-RISC 1.1 version yourself.

If you are using one of the HP compilers then you should use the +DAportable compiler directive.

[wittie]

Who said it's gonna be easy ...

Well, i have to give it a try. Thanks guys for the info.

[Dennis Handly]

You have destroyed HP's version of gzip in /usr/contrib/bin/gzip so you better put it back before you run into tools that need it.

[wittie]

sorry Dennis, but HP's version of gzip is "destroyed" by default ... :)

[Dennis Handly]

Would you rather have something that is "destroyed" than nothing at all? ;-)

I'm not sure if swinstall uses that version?

[Dennis Handly]

Yes, swinstall has the string /usr/contrib/bin/gzip.