[Xitami] C script

[Stuart Hands]

Hi guys,

I've been running xitami on various Windows boxes for years now (NT4 first
-> 2000 -> and currently 2003) and have accumilated a large list of vhosts
(friends, family, etc). The thing is, I want to now shift over to a NetBSD
based machine and am trying to compile from source. The problem happens when
running the build.sh script - which generates a "c: not found" error. 

Looking through the mailing list archives, I found the thread quoted below
and also a mention of downloading base from www.imatix.net/pub and
extracting 'c' from there. I've downloaded base-1.2d7-src - but it doesn't
contain 'c'. Seeing as this thread was from May '06 - I'm guessing it's
changed since and been dropped?

Does anyone know how to get around this problem please?

Cheers!
Stuart


> Hello Bill,
> 
> Friday, December 29, 2006, 9:00:22 AM, you wrote:
> 
> >         This may be in an FAQ somewhere: I apologize if I am wasting
> > bandwidth and would welcome a pointer.
> >         I have used XITAMI on Windows, Linux, and AIX and prefer it to
> > APACHE and THTTPD.  I find it odd that the c script required for build
> > is never in the xi*gz archive files available for download from the
> > site.  I always have to find a sun*gz archive and extract the c script
> > to build xitami from source on linux or unix.  Why is that, and why has
> > it never been fixed?
> >
> > William Peckham (Bill)
> > Technical Services, Acclamation Systems Inc.
> 
> I too have been wondering the same thing, so I decided to literally
> follow the instructions on the developers page which state:
> 
> "All the tools you need are an ANSI C compiler, and other free
> software you can download from www.iMatix.com ."
> 
> Well, I have an ANSI C compiler, several of them in fact, on both the
> Windows and the BSD side of my machine. I went to the indicated site,
> found the Downloads page and downloaded both copies of rbase. Guess
> what? If you look in the boom sub-directory of either rbase archive
> you will find the required "c" file. 8=)
> 
> No, it's not in any FAQ I could find either. As to why it is this way,
> I don't know, perhaps an intelligence test for developers or perhaps a
> way of separating the wanna-be's from the developers? To get the real
> answer you'll have to ask the developers at Imatix. My personal
> opinion is that the developers don't want you to compile just xitami
> but want you to compile the entire rbase package in order to gain it's
> advantages.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Magus

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