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From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
Subject: Re: Porting source from OSR5 to OSR6
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:36:05 -0600
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0507260230090.17391@xenau.zenez.com> 
References: <ofsbe15npqd05740bdc6tcgagndrgvh2o9@4ax.com> 

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Robin Grayson wrote:
> Having just received a media-kit for SCO OSR6, I decided to load the
> "60 day evaluation" to see what has changed, with a view to porting my
> applications to run on OSR6.
> 
> My first port of call was to create a new terminal definition entry (I
> maintain my own for ease) as that seems to have changed from "scoansi"
> to "at386-15" with some slight differences.
> 
> I could then run the binaries that were compiled on OSR5 fine.
> 
> OK, time to do a re-compile under OSR6.

Does your applications run on UnixWare?  I have found that using similar 
to the UnixWare 7, works on most things.
 
> I type "make" and get a whole bunch of errors fly up the screen....
> 
> I've always gone through the pain barrier, and ported to the latest
> version of SCO, and my software will compile on anything from SCO
> Xenix to SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 (as well as AIX,HPUX,Linux et-al)
> 
> Is there a document that details changes to the development kit?
> 
> I also find myself asking the question ... "is it really worth the
> effort" with SCO this time.
> 
> If there is anybody left reading these groups in the same situation,
> I'd appreciate hearing your views on porting software to OSR6
> 
> Personally, I'd like SCO to make a big comeback, I've a lot of time
> and money invested in it over the years, but do get the feeling I'm
> definitely i a minority!

I have found that it is worth the effort.  Most things run at least 4 
times faster.  I love having native threads and large file system support.  
I too hope they make a come back.  I have been supporting SCO since the 
x286 stuff.  You can look at the SCO programmers FAQ on 

http://www.zenez.com/cgi-bin/scoprogfaq/faq

or the UnixWare 7/OpenUnix 8 FAQ at

http://www.zenez.com/cgi-bin/ou8faq/faq

Remember that OpenServer 6 is/uses a lot of the UnixWare stuff with the 
added OpenServer compatibility.

Good Luck,

--
Boyd Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
ZENEZ	1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah  84047
 

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