How to install ucspi-ipc

ucspi-ipc comes with NO WARRANTY.

System requirements

ucspi-ipc works only under UNIX. In addition, ucspi-ipc requires an implementation of getpeereid.

This package implements getpeereid for recent Linux kernels. Some systems offer gepeereid as system call, including OpenBSD 3.0, FreeBSD 4.6 and AIX 5L. Several patches are also available to add a getpeereid system call to older BSD operating system versions.

On systems that lack getpeereid, ucspi-ipc runs, but ipcserver generates an error if getpeereid is called, i.e. when invoked without the -P switch. The package regression tests fail on platforms without getpeereid.

Installation

If necessary, create a /package directory:

  mkdir /package
  chmod 1755 /package
  cd /package

Download the ucspi-ipc package. The most recent ucspi-ipc package is ucspi-ipc 0.67. Unpack ucspi-ipc in /package:

  gunzip ucspi-ipc-0.67.tar
  tar -xpf ucspi-ipc-0.67.tar
  rm ucspi-ipc-0.67.tar
  cd host/superscript.com/net/ucspi-ipc-0.67

Compile the package:

  package/compile

Run some tests:

  package/rts

The output should be empty. Tests will fail on systems that lack getpeereid support.

Install the package:

  package/install

Commands are installed in the /package/host/superscript.com/command directory. For compatibility with prior versions, commands are also installed in the /usr/local/bin directory.

Report successful installation:

  package/report

Package subsets

To restrict the compile or install to a subset of the entire package, supply the name of a subset on the command line:

  package/compile subset
  package/rts subset
  package/install subset

To exclude a subset from an operation, add a hyphen as the first command-line argument:

  package/compile - subset
  package/rts - subset
  package/install - subset

Valid subsets in this package are base and ipcperl.