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== Port Status ==

SCO OpenServer is a [[Tier 2 Port]]

== Verified Releases ==

* 0.56.2 (4 Aug 2023)

== Build Details ==
You will need to set the <code>ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM</code> environment variable to <code>yes</code> before running <code>configure</code> if GNU <code>coreutils</code> is not installed. An invocation such as the following should be sufficient:
 $ ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=yes ./configure

== Testing Details ==

We build and test the SCO OpenServer port on a system with the following specifications:

* ESXi Virtual Machine
* SCO OpenServer 5.0.7
* gcc v2.95.3
* autoconf 2.54
* automake 1.7.1

This port requires significant manual intervention to build, given the old version of GNU autotools in play.

== Required Kernel Tuning ==

You must set the maximum size of a shared memory segment to at least 6MB. This can be accomplished with the <code>scoadmin</code> utility.

Once this parameter is adjusted, you must re-link the kernel, also from <code>scoadmin</code>.

== Port Challenges ==

The build system presents significant challenges.


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