Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] libiconv-1.15

[Michael Felt]

On 11/02/2017 14:00, Bruno Haible wrote:

What packagers are you talking about? The code is written for users
who just follow the "./configure; make; make check; make install" idiom.
Is there something like Homebrew/MacPorts/Fink/OpenPKG/OpenCSW for AIX?

Yes - the most popular would be perzl (http://www.perzl.org/aix/) and bullfreeware (http://www.bullfreeware.com/).
IBM also has something called the AIX Toolbox. It was more or less idle, due to legal concerns I suspect (the suit from SCO) but seems to be 'restarting' at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/linux/toolbox/alpha.html

Those are all in RPM format packaging.

I am also a packager - but use the AIX command mkinstallp (I wrote some scripts to automate that process) and my packages are available via wiki interface at http://www.aixtools.net, html or an "ftp" format at http://download.aixtools.net. In short - mine are packaged the same way as AIX - using installp.

Before in "%post" install scripts the AIX legacy members get appended - 
now they will be updated and position is preserved.

I don't know what '"%post" install scripts' you are talking about.

RPM are constructed using a so-called .spec file. One of the sections of the spec file is the %post (similar to %post in kickstart).

INSTALLP has has scripts - different names and more phases (pre, post and config being the most common).

Again - hats off for your intelligence for the casual 'installer' - that works well for a single system. My goal is to be sure that I can provide something that can be installed - and uninstalled - without the need for a compiler, and from/via a software deployment system such as NIM (Network Installation Manager)

Bruno