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Instructions for installing the Prospero applications
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This distribution includes the source code for the Prospero applications.
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Select a directory in which the Prospero binaries will be installed.
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The path of this directory will be compiled into some of the programs.
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To tailor the applications to your systems's configuration, edit the
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file include/psite.h (this has changed significantly since the last
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release). The only definitions that should be applicable to you in
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section 1 are P_BINARIES and P_PATH. If you will be using the default
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site for the storage of virtual systems (which is likely to be the
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case if you retrieved the client only distribution), there should be
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no changes in section 2 either.
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Next, edit include/pmachine.h. This file defines some of the machine
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and OS specific parameters needed by Prospero.
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Make sure that you have replaced the top level Makefile by Makefile_u.
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Then edit the top level Makefile. First set any machine-specific
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parameters. If you're installing the binaries under HP-UX or another
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system which lacks a BSD-like INSTALL, redefine the INSTALL macro as
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discussed in the Makefile. If you're on an AIX system redefine the
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MACHDEF macro as discussed in the Makefile. If you're on a MIPS or
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VAX ULTRIX system, you may also need to define the MACHDEF macro as
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discussed in the Makefile.
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Now set the installation parameters in the top level Makefile. Set
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P_BINARIES to the directory in which the binaries are to be installed.
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OWNER and GROUP should be set to the intended owner and group for the
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Pospero binaries. This release must be compiled with an ANSI
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compiler; therefore, the default is 'gcc'. If you're using another
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compiler, you may want to change the definitions of CC and CFLAGS. We
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set CFLAGS to enable debugging by default in order to facilitate bug
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reporting. If you are low on diskspace, you may want to redefine
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CFLAGS to turn off the inclusion of debugging information in the
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executables, and you may want to strip the resulting executables.
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If you will be building the PFS compatibility library (which redefines
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open and several other library functions), you will have to:
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a) remove the definition of P_NO_PCOMPAT from include/psite.h.
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b) replace lib/pcompat/Makefile with lib/pcompat/Makefile.pcompat
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c) replace app/Makefile with app/Makefile.pcompat
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d) In addition, some systems will require a change to the SC_REDEF variable
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definition in app/Makefile.pcompat.
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Next, move back to the top level directory for the distribution and
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type 'make'. Once the distribution has been successfully built, type
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'make install'. If you are running a previous release of prospero,
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rename P_BINARIES to P_BINARIES.old before you 'make install', and
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keep P_BINARIES.old around for a while in case you need to revert to
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the previous version of Prospero.
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The directory app contains the code for versions of cat and ls which
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may be linked with the compatability library. Other programs may also
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be linked with the compatability library, but filenames hardcoded into
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those programs (or the libraries they call) might be resolved using
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Prospero, causing unexpected behavior if those names do not identify
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the same files in the active virtual system.
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The directory "doc" contains the source to (a) a manual on using the
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Prospero file system, (b) a manual describing version 5 of the
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Prospero protocol, and (c) a terse description of the functions in the
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Prospero library. The file "getting-started.txt" in that directory
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contains enough information to get started. The file ".virt-sys" in
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that directory contains a reference to a guest virtual system at the
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USC Information Sciences Institute. This may be copied to your home
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directory. If you would like your own virtual system contact
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pfs-administrator@isi.edu.
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Bug reports should be sent to:
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bug-prospero@isi.edu
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Requests or queries about the release should be sent to:
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info-prospero@isi.edu
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Requests for creation of virtual systems stored at the USC Information
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Sciences Institute guest site, or requests to establish one's own
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Prospero site should be sent to:
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pfs-administrator@isi.edu
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A public mailing list has been set up for discussion of Prospero.
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Among other things, this list can be used to announce directories of
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information that users have created and wish to share. The name of
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the list is:
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prospero@isi.edu
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Requests for addition or deletions should be sent to:
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prospero-request@isi.edu
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