Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:

> Skot typed (on Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 07:50:18PM +0000):
> | Looks like my whole OS is a mess, I have no idea how it got this way, I
> | inherited it. I can't compile anything in C, for example, I'm trying to
> | install Date::Calc and DateTime for Perl, but I get so many missing
> | header files and compiler errors it's totally crazy. Perl used to be so
> | simple, at least on other Operating Systems.
> |
> | Is there a path I can take to fix the compiler on this thing? It's a
> | total mess!
> |
> | Everything in /usr/include soft links to
> | /opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.7Hw/usr/include/(something) or
> | /opt/K/SCO/unixds/5.2.0A/usr/include/(something) or
> | /opt/K/SCO/xds/5.2.5j/usr/include/(something) or
> | /opt/K/SCO/gwxlibs/2.1.0Ba/usr/include/(something)
> |
> | That doesn't sound good; why aren't they all in one directory (or sub
> | directorys of one)? Also, there are a lot of files missing like
> | stdio.h, string.h and a many more which I find at /udk/usr/include
> | (whatever that is) and broken links like crazy!
>
> All the /usr/include files are in fact installed as symlinks.

Yes.

> The UDK part of the DevKit is to compile files that can run on OpenServer
> or UnixWare.

Well that is handy. So what about all the missing standard C headers
like stdio and string and there were a whole bunch.

> | Can I remove them all and start fresh with something that works right?
>
> Up to you if you want to reinstall the DevSys, but why not first go into
> custom and verify the DevSys?

That reports:
Files With Discrepancies : 0
Total Discrepancies : 0

Cheers