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1.4     ! heinz       1: $NetBSD: README.AIX,v 1.3 2005/07/29 00:56:24 grant Exp $
1.1       grant       2:
1.3       grant       3: pkgsrc has been tested on AIX 4.3 and 5.1. It will probably work on
                      4: newer releases also.
1.1       grant       5:
1.3       grant       6: You will need gcc. gcc 3.3 and 3.4 have been tested. full support for
                      7: xlC needs to be written.
1.1       grant       8:
1.3       grant       9: Please note the use of GNU binutils on AIX is not supported. You must
                     10: not have GNU ld(1) in your path.
1.1       grant      11:
                     12: If you are using gcc
                     13: --------------------
                     14: It makes life much simpler if you only use the same gcc consistently
                     15: for building all packages.
                     16:
                     17: It is recommended that an external gcc be used only for bootstrapping
                     18: gcc from pkgsrc, lang/gcc3 is recommended.
                     19:
                     20: Post bootstrap setup
                     21: --------------------
                     22:
                     23: Here is an example mk.conf:
                     24:
                     25: --- Cut here ---
                     26: # Configure scripts don't always get this right
                     27: MACHINE_GNU_PLATFORM=powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0
                     28: CC=gcc
                     29: CHECK_SHLIBS=no
                     30: RENAME=
                     31: USE_GCC3=yes
                     32: PKGMAKECONF=${MAKECONF}
                     33: --- Cut here ---
                     34:
                     35: You also need to setup a few environment variables:
                     36:
                     37: PKG_DBDIR=/usr/pkg/pkgdb
                     38: MAKECONF=/usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf
                     39: MAKESYSPATH=/usr/pkg/share/mk
                     40:
                     41: You'll also want to set PATH, MANPATH and LIBPATH