Trying to migrate Informix SE V4.10.UC4 from SCO OpenServer 3.2 release 4.2
to Linux RedHat 8.0, at the time of running r4gl command the above mentioned
error message shows up.

If I try to run isql (Informix-SQL v4.10.UE2) it ends with no further
message.

When looking in /var/log/messages I found the following message
coff: trapping process with SEGV

A ps -ef doesn´t show a process line for sqlexec, either.

All ABI modules for SCO compatibility are loaded, as per the lsmod output.

Any ideas? I will greatly appreciate any recommendation.

Regards,

R. Poblete

R. Poblete wrote:
Hmmmm. Well, SE 4.10 should have been retired about 14 years ago. My
immediate reaction is therefore an unhelpful "so what?" and "why not
upgrade?".

The error message indicates that the sqlexec process is dying, for
reasons as yet to be determined. The information about SEGV indicates
that it is doing something which the Linux ABI modules for SCO don't
like. Or a system call is behaving unexpectedly despite the care
lavished on make them consistent with SCO. Or ...

I'd prefer to spend the time getting Informix SE 7.25 from an earlier
version of Linux working on RedHat 8.

The versions of ISQL and R4GL (I4GL-RDS) are similarly antiquated and
should likewise be replaced - 7.32 is current.

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I can understand what you say, Jonathan :-). Do you know if it is possible
to upgrade from this old version to the new version you mention? Is it
possible to buy it electronically?

Thanks for your recommendations.

R. Poblete

"Jonathan Leffler" <jleffler (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote

R. Poblete wrote:

I doubt if there is any upgrade available since you don't have a
maintenance contract for the current version (you would not have been
able to obtain one for such old software).

So, you will have to start from scratch, I fear. In the ordinary
course of events, I'd say "Contact your IBM sales person", but I'm not
sure whether that's going to work for you. I guess that should be
"Contact your (local) IBM sales office". Also look at what the IIUG
can offer.


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