QUESTION:
>
> Does anyone know where I can find the ups debugger that will compile on
> Solaris 2.x? I have ups-3.7-alpha.tar.gz, but I cannot get it to compile.
>
> To make matters worse, I do not know where it came from. Archie searches
> do not seem to come up with anything later than ups 2.4.5.2.
>
SHORT ANSWER:
ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/misc/unix/ups/ups-3.14-beta.tar.gz
works with Solaris 2.
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IN-DEPTH ANSWER:
Dmitry Smirnov (Dmitry.Smirnov@sun.nsk.su) provided this ups-users mailing
list announcement (abridged):
> To: ups-users@ukc.ac.uk
> Subject: Native version of ups for Solaris 2 available
> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 10:36:58 +0100
> From: Mark Russell <M.T.Russell@ukc.ac.uk>
>
> Ups version 3.14-beta is now available by anonymous FTP. This version
> has native support for Solaris 2, and (unlike the gdb-based version)
> will work with version 3.X of the Sun C and Fortran compilers. This
> version also copes with symbols in .o files, which means you do not
> need the -xs flag to the C compiler.
>
> I think this version is reasonably solid - it is still labelled beta
> because it has only tested on SunOS 4.X and Solaris 2.X. As always,
> please let me know of any bugs you find.
>
> The distribution is a gzipped tar file, available by anonymous FTP
> from unix.hensa.ac.uk. The file is:
>
> /pub/misc/unix/ups/ups-3.14-beta.tar.gz
>
> Beware that you need to specify flags to make under SunOS 4.X, and
> when using version 2.X of the Sun C compiler. The README file has
> the specifics. Also, this version does not work with acc under
> SunOS 4.X.
>
> The next version will have the gdb-based stuff tested and working
> again, and should work on IRIX and HP-UX. People willing to put in
> some work could probably make 3.14 work there as well, but I won't
> have much time free in the next few weeks to help.
>
> The manual page has now been updated, so you can diff that with the
> old version to see what has changed. There have not been many changes
> in functionality since 3.7-alpha.
>
Here is the ups-users mailing list info (abridged):
>
> The ups-users list is for discussion of the ups debugger, including
> bug reports, queries and suggestions for new features. This list is
> also used for announcements of both `official' new versions and ports
> or new features contributed by others.
>
Thanks to Dmitry Smirnov (Dmitry.Smirnov@sun.nsk.su).
Mark Hamby
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