[Info-vax] How to build WASD on a VAX (VMS 7.3)

[Mark Daniel]

On 21/12/2022 9:53 pm, JKB wrote:
> Le 20-12-2022, Mark Daniel <mark.daniel at wasd.vsm.com.au> a écrit :
>> Which package are you attempting to build?
> 
> 	11.51 (wasd1151.zip)
> 
>> VAX 32bit accommodations were phased out with WASD v12.0
> 
> 	I know.

Excellent.

> Thus, I'm trying to build last WASD release that supports
> 	VAX arch.

That wasn't clear (to the reader).

>>> $ CC  /INCLUDE=([])  /DEFINE=(HAVE_EXPAT_CONFIG_H) /OBJ=[.OBJ_VAX] XMLPARSE.C
>>>                   entropy * (unsigned long)2305843009213693951ULL);
>>>           .................................^
>>> %CC-W-INVALTOKEN, Invalid token discarded.
>>>                   At line number 881 in WASD_ROOT:[SRC.EXPAT]XMLPARSE.C;1.
>>>
>>>                   entropy * (unsigned long)2305843009213693951ULL);
> 
> 	Compilation fails in generate_hash_secret_salt(XML_Parser parser)
> 	as Compaq CC doesn't understand 2305843009213693951ULL constant.
> 
> 	If I replace this constant by a 32 bits integer (this code is never
> 	reached as sizeof(nsigned integer) == 4), compilation fails
> 	with :
> 
>                  key->k[0] = SIP_U8TO64_LE((const unsigned char *)src);
>          ....................^
> %CC-E-NEEDSCALARTYP, In this statement, "uint64_t" is a struct type, which is
>   not scalar.
> 
> 	JB

OK.  Been at least a couple years.  The Expat in that general archive is 
64 bit.  For VAX you need to apply the 32 bit Expat in

   https://wasd.vsm.com.au/wasd/vax/EXPAT201-VAX.ZIP

Just follow the bouncing ball in

   https://wasd.vsm.com.au/wasd/vax/EXPAT201-VAX.TXT

Should build OK.  Have fun.

PS.  I've added a note to the directory readme (hopefully) clarifying 
this wrinkle.  VAX support was getting increasingly problematic towards 
its final throes.