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Fold README.IRIX5.3 into the IRIX README; we don't have multiple READMEs per OS, and it's clutter, especially given the information is from 2006. Add last-updated dates (2005/2006) as a clue.
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$NetBSD: README.IRIX,v 1.8 2022/06/01 12:38:10 gdt Exp $
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# IRIX 6.5.17 or higher (last updated 2005)
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You will need a working C compiler, either gcc or SGI's MIPS and MIPSpro
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compiler (cc/c89). Please set the CC environment variable according to your
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preference. If you do not have a license for the MIPSpro compiler suite, you
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can download a gcc tardist file from http://freeware.sgi.com/.
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Please note that you will need Irix 6.5.17 or higher, as this is the earliest
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version of Irix providing support for if_indextoname(3), if_nametoindex(3),
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etc.
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At this point in time, pkgsrc only supports one ABI. That is, you cannot
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switch between the old 32-bit ABI, the new 32-bit ABI and the 64-bit ABI. If
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you start out using "abi=n32", that's what all your packages will be built
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with.
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Therefore, please make sure that you have no conflicting CFLAGS in your
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environment or the /etc/mk.conf. Particularly, make sure that you do
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not try to link n32 object files with lib64 or vice versa. Check your
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/etc/compiler.defaults and $SGI_ABI!
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If you have the actual pkgsrc tree mounted via NFS from a different host,
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please make sure to set WRKOBJDIR to a local directory, as it appears that
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Irix linker occasionally runs into issues when trying to link over a network
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mounted filesystem.
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The bootstrapping process should set all the right options for programs
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such as imake(1), but you may want to set some options depending on your
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local setup. Please see pkgsrc/mk/defaults/mk.conf and, of course,
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your compilers man pages for details.
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If you are using SGI's MIPSPro compiler, please set
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PKGSRC_COMPILER=mipspro
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in /etc/mk.conf -- otherwise, pkgsrc will assume you are using gcc and may end
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up passing invalid flags to the compiler. Note that bootstrap should create
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an appropriate mk.conf.example by default.
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If you have both the MIPSPro compiler chain installed as well as gcc, but want
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to make sure that MIPSPro is used, please set your PATH to not include the
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location of gcc (often /usr/freeware/bin), and (important), pass the
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'--preserve-path' flag.
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bootstrap-pkgsrc has been tested on:
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- an O2 with 1 180 MHZ IP32 Processor (R5000) (n32 ABI)
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running 6.5.27
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- an Origin 200 with 2 180 MHZ IP27 Processors (R10000) (64 ABI)
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running 6.5.23
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# IRIX 5.3 (last updated 2006)
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Installing pkgsrc on IRIX 5.3 requires some preparation.
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First, if necessary, get the IRIX 5.3 IDO (cc etc.) from SGI at
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ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist and
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install it using IRIX's Software Manager. While you're at it you might also
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want to install any missing patches from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/support/Patches/5.3.
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Get ftp://ftp.mayn.de/pub/really_old_stuff/irix/ido/dev* and install the
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missing dev.sw.abi and dev.sw.irix_speclibs subpackages.
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Note that IRIX 5.3's ftp does not support passive ftp (to my knowledge), so
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if you are behind a firewall (and you better make sure you are with IRIX
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5.3!) you might need to first transfer the files to another local machine.
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Furthermore, get Y2k patches from e.g.
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ftp://ftp.mayn.de/pub/really_old_stuff/irix/oldstuff/ if you haven't
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installed them already.
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Unfortunately many of IRIX 5.3's native tools do not provide
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functionalitites that pkgsrc expects. It is therefore necessary to install
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the respective GNU tools for cp, grep, id, mkdir, test, touch, which,
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and xargs. To avoid conflicts you might want to do so under a different
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directory hierarchy than pkgsrc (in the following example /usr/local is
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assumed). Obtain and install the following GNU software:
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- GNU findutils (4.2.23 is known to install)
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- GNU grep (2.5.1a works, but you have to apply the patch from
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pkgsrc/textproc/grep/patches/patch-ab; either do so manually by editing the
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appropriate source file or first install GNU patch [2.5.4 works fine]. This
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will probably be fixed with later releases. You should configure GNU grep
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with --disable-nls and do not bother when make stops when it cannot find
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makeinfo; just proceed with make install)
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- GNU coreutils (5.97 works; be sure to specify GREP=/sbin/grep for
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configure)
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- GNU which (2.16 works; be sure to configure with CC="cc -Xcpluscomm")
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To date, pkgsrc expects the SGI IDO cc and might run into problems when
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using gcc.
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With IDO cc and the necessary supporting tools and development files
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installed you can run bootstrap to create the essential pkgsrc tools,
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notably bmake:
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env CP=/usr/local/bin/cp GREP=/usr/local/bin/grep ID=/usr/local/bin/id MKDIR="/usr/local/bin/mkdir -p" TEST=/usr/local/bin/test TOUCH=/usr/local/bin/touch XARGS="/usr/local/bin/xargs -r" ./bootstrap
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Add the necessary arguments such as --prefix= as necessary.
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You might also want to set the CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, or LDFLAGS.
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For the IDO cc CFLAGS=-O2 (or CFLAGS="-O2 -mips2" if you are using an R4K
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machine) is recommended.
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IRIX 5.3 IDO does not come with a C++ compiler. For packages that require
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C++ you can get the GNU C++ compiler, g++, which is part of the gcc
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distribution. Gcc 3.4.6 is known to bootstrap on IRIX 5.3. To activate it,
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add the following lines to your mk.conf after bootstrapping:
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CXX=g++
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USE_TOOLS+=cxx
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TOOLS_PLATFORM.cxx=/usr/local/bin/g++
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TOOLS_CMD.cxx=${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/g++
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