Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> "steven_nospam at Yahoo! Canada" <steven_nospam@yahoo.ca> writes:
>
>
>>I'm guessing that the software you are trying to install is checking
>>for an older version of AIX and now since you upgraded you are trying
>>to get it installed on a version it does not expect to see. Odds are
>>that if you do get it installed, the compiled software will core dump
>>on you due to inconsistent library calls.
>
>
> Actually, odds are that the software will work just fine

Actually, no. Re-read the OP. He wants to go downlevel...
not up.

> -- most
> executables compiled on e.g. AIX5.1 work fine on AIX5.3, and it
> takes quite a bit of effort to write programs that will not work
> on a newer OS.
>
>
>>There are many ways that a software may check for a version of AIX. The
>>simpler methods are to issue "oslevel" or "uname" commands, while more
>>complicated installers may check the date or size of certain O/S files,
>>or consult the ODM.
>
>
> Checking date/size will break even with patch installation, and it
> is very unlikely the installer does that.
>
> If the installer is a compiled executable, it could be doing
> uname(2), in which case OP will have really hard time bypassing
> the check.
>
> Cheers,