I guess I should have specified that I am not looking to remove these platforms, but was simply asking so that directions could be added to the wiki and we could know for sure if they still work. If ulrich is getting his hands on an HPUX system, thats one less unknown platform that may or may not work, now all we need is an AIX system.
I tried a bit of KSH removal, I can now see this will be a big undertaking if it ever happens. Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On June 9, 2018 7:53 PM, Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote: > > > On 06/09/2018 05:40 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone know the status of the AIX and HPUX ports of CDE? Does > > > > anyone have the hardware and software to test them on? > > No, but as they are both still in "business", I think we should leave > > them alone unless they are specifically breaking something. > > > Also, requiring ksh to build is a bit of a fault point for many users, > > > > especially the ones on BSDs, how difficult would it be to remove the > > > > requirement for ksh during the build process, using sh instead, and then > > > > when everything is build, use dtksh for installation? > > IIRC, dtksh/ksh actually requires ksh to build. I have no problem with > > not requiring that ksh be available in order to build CDE. > > I tried it once many years ago and gave up. I think dtksh was the main > > problem and it was going to be difficult/time consuming to disentangle. > > Feel free to investigate though :) > > -jon > > > Thank you for your time, > > > > -Chase > > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > -- > > Jon Trulson > > "Fire all weapons and open a hailing frequency for my victory yodle." > > - Zapp Brannigan > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
