Is there any open source web server that runs on AS400?
On Aug 8, 7:39 pm, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I have been trying to test web2py on an AS/400 (more recently know as
> iSeries or System i) without success for various reasons.
> Since the only port of Python (www.iseriespython.com) to this machine
> does not support threads it is unusable to run web2py.
>
> There is however another possibility, in the OS there is support for a
> run time AIX environment called PASE.
> On my newest test machine (a 520 running OS v5r3) PASE is based on
> AIX 5.2 (PowerPC).
> So it would be a matter of getting an AIX version of Python to run on
> it which can be accomplished two ways:
> - download a precompiled version of it
> - compile your own
>
> Neither one has turned out to be a walk in the park.
> The best pre-built Python I have been able to locate is
> python-2.4.6-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm which lacks the hashlib, so I have to
> try and compile it on my own. And who knows what else might fail after
> that if it can be fixed.
> Compiling Python 2.5.4 (or newer) has proven to be a big waste of time
> so far, where errors about things I have never even heard of before
> keep popping up.
>
> Does anybody here have AIX skills and resources to lend a hand?.
>
> Thanks,
> Denes.
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