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Mozilla on AIX FAQ
Questions or comments to news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.unix.
Authors: Jim Dunn <jdunn@netscape.com>
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OS Version
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What compiler should I use?
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How do I build?
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"Gdk-WARNING **:shmat failed!" error message
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Cross-compiler plugin/module compatibility, vtables,
and name-mangling
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Toplevel bug (#18688)
that is tracking the progress.
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OS Version(s):
AIX 4.3.2 : To determine use the following command to get the version
(uname -n to get the OS type)
/usr/bin/lslpp -lc | /usr/bin/grep bos.rte: | /usr/bin/head -1 |
/usr/bin/cut -f3 -d:
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What compiler should I use?
Right now we have only xlC 3.6.4 working. We have played around
with gcc/g++ but had problems dealing with the linker.
| Compiler |
Good |
Bad |
Notes |
| xlC 3.6.4.0* |
Nothing else is working as of yet. |
Weak C++ support, lots of special handling is required to build.
xlC 5.0 should fix this problem but it isn't available yet. |
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| gcc 2.7.2 & egcs |
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Classic compiler, lots of support on many platforms.
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Purify support
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Hasn't produced a workable version. Bad integration with AIX's linker.
Not sure if this will be compatible with AIX's OJI component. |
Good luck in getting this to run! |
To determine what level of xlC you are using:
/usr/bin/lslpp -lc | /usr/bin/grep xlC.rte: | /usr/bin/head -1 | /usr/bin/cut
-f3 -d:
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How do I build?
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gtk & glib
We are currently using version 1.2.4 of both of these.
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Due to a limitation of xlC 3.6.4 linker we need
to make a shared 'gtk' library. So if the gtk/gdk/gmodule libs are
in say /usr/wpc/lib, do the following: (see #21117)
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/usr/ibmcxx/bin/makeC++SharedLib_r -p1 -brtl -bso -o libshared_gtk.so -L/usr/wpc/lib
-lgtk -lgdk -lgmodule -lXext -lX11 -lm
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chmod +x libshared_gtk.so
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true libshared_gtk.so
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cp libshared_gtk.so /usr/wpc/lib
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edit /usr/wpc/bin/gtk-config changing the 2nd to the last
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line from "echo $libdirs -lgtk -lgdk $my_glib_libs -lXext -lX1 -lm" to
"echo $libdirs -lshared_gtk -lXext -lX1 -lm"
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pull the tree
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cvs co mozilla/client.mk
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cd mozilla
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gmake -f client.mk pull_all
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build
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export CC=xlc_r
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export CXX=xlC_r
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export CFLAGS='-DAIX -DAIX4_3'
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export CXXFLAGS='-DAIX -DAIX4_3'
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export LDFLAGS='-brtl -bso'
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add /usr/ibmcxx/bin & /usr/wpc/bin (where
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autoconf/gmake/gtk-config... exist)
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autoconf -l build/autoconf
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gmake
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"Gdk-WARNING **:shmat failed!" error message
You did not build the gtk shared library
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Cross-compiler plugin/module compatibility, vtables,
and name-mangling issues
These issues are still being fleshed out.
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