Re: Git on QNX

[Sean Boudreau <seanb@qnx.com>]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 05:03:16PM -0800, Tarmigan wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Sean Boudreau <seanb@qnx.com> wrote:
> > What version of qnx is this on.  <strings.h> is
> > now brought in by <string.h> and the lock() /
> > unlock() prototypes have been removed from <unistd.h>
> > AS OF 6.4.1 (the current release).
> 
> Ahh, that's nice.  At a client's request, I have been working on QNX 6.3.2.
> 
> I just installed 6.4.1 in another VM, and it's a bit different.  The
> common way to handle binary packages (iconv and perl) seems to have
> changed to pkg_add so the PATHs I had set might not make sense
> anymore.
> 
> Also the weird failing test at t0000.42 seems to be fixed.  Funny.
> 
> As I might be the only person to run git on 6.3.2 instead of a more
> modern QNX, it might make sense for me to just submit the minimum
> patches needed for QNX 6.4.1 and then carry the strings.h,
> getpagesize, and lock() changes for 6.3.2 on my own.

That's why I spoke up :)

> 
> > There's a package for git-4.3.20 here that also has a work around
> > for the SA_RESTART issue.
> 
> I think that might be a different program that also used to be named
> "git".  I think it has now been renamed gnuit.

You're probably right, try this one:

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/QNX/i386/6.4.1_head_20090724/All/scmgit-base-1.6.2.5.tgz


-seanb