Hi,
JSVC could probably be compiled on z/OS, there is a c89 and c99
compiler, even if buildconf probably would have to be done with a
Linux autoconf.
But JSVC is not the way to go for z/OS, there is already a C-language
launcher for Java called JZOS Batch Toolkit. This originally was free
(but not OS I think) software, but then bought by IBM.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/software/java/jzos/overview.html
The JZOS launcher is well integrated with z/OS systems management and
very much recommended in IBM literature recently.
(The term batch in z/OS also means detached from a terminal, i.e.
exactly what a server
("started task" in z/OS speak) is. )
So I think, JZOS + a pure Java DS Version were the way to go for a z/OS distro.
As for packaging, tar.gz would be fine, IBM themselves use it for
their open source ports
(e.g. see php or zip at
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html)
As for identifying z/OS in scripts:
$ uname -a
OS/390 bighost 17.00 03 2094
$ uname -s
OS/390
The 17 is for z/OS Vers. 1.7
Greetings,
Jürgen
On 2/13/07, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Juergen,
If you can compile JSVC on your system and make sure we have a start
script with the proper settings then I can make the installer plugin
build installers for z/OS.
Just svn check this out and build it:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/proper/daemon/trunk/src/native/unix/
Then attach the executable to a JIRA issue as an attachment along with
any init script customizations you need. I can rigg this into the
installers plugin for you.
Also if you don't want a graphical installer what format does z/OS use?
Perhaps we can generate installers in that format.
Thanks,
Alex
Juergen Weber wrote:
> On 2/12/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> At this point, a question would be : what can we do to guarantee that ADS
>> can be distributed as a package running on z/OS. The problem is that we
>> don't have IBM computers nor z/OS system available to do some tests.
>> I would suggest that you propose a patch for the scripts and
>> server.xml to
>> make them z/OS friendly, so that we can test it on Linux/Unix platforms.
>
> Well, from a (pure) Java point of view z/OS is just a usual unix, the
> only exception being that default IO encoding is EBCDIC. But if you
> set the system properties I gave the VM runs in ascii and everything
> is the same (almost as the XML problem shows).
>
> But generally, if a Java program runs fine in an IBM JDK in Linux or
> Windows, it should run on z/OS with Ascii IO, too.
>
> IBM JDKs are at
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html
> for Windows you can download DB2 Express-C, it contains a 1.5 level JDK
>
> As for the native starter, we shall see. Usually C code will port, too.
>
> I am not a great friend of the graphical installer, I very much prefer
> Tomcat's tar -xf installer.
> A server should install without a gui. z/OS Java does support X, but
> contrary to IBM's lore the CPU's are much slower than Pentiums an CPU
> time is shared between lots fo users. E.g. an openldap configure and
> build takes at least an hour...
> So a resource-inintensive install would be very much preferable.
>
>> This patch should not break our current packages, so it will have to
>> check
>> the local system to set some properties. It might be necessary to
>> handle the
>
> I am not sure if I understand this, could you give a pointer, where
> this check happens?
>
>> server.xml encoding through a little bit of sed (we still have to
>> check the
>> reason why z/OS does not support UTF-8 on top of the server.xml).
>>
>> Do you think this is something you can do? Otherwise, I guess you will
>> have
>> to handle your own post-installation modifications...
>
> I can try.
>
> Cheers,
> Jürgen
>
