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On May 21, 2014 9:37 PM, "William Ahern" <william@25thandclement.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:01:22PM +0100, Justin Cormack wrote:
> > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo
> > <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> > >> I believe the reason why the Lua team doesn't want to "fix" the default
> > >> Makefile is because it's already a hassle just to maintain the existing
> > >> rules.
> > >
> > > Althuough this is not the reason for not supporting shared libraries,
> > > it is a hassle to maintain the existing Makefile rules.
> > >
> > > The supported platforms are:
> > > aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
> > >
> > > Of those, we don't have ready access to these:
> > > aix bsd freebsd solaris
> > > and so the corresponding Makefile rules may not be up to date or optimal.
> > >
> > > A previous thread on this subject did not produce much feedback:
> > > http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-05/msg00353.html
> > > http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-06/msg00252.html
> > >
> >
> > You can get free access to AIX from IBM, you just need to sign up as
> > an IBM partner, can give you more detailed info if you want - they
> > give you a machine for a week at a time as often as you like.
>
> I did this the other day and apparently the only way to reach the system is
> by first installing a Java-based Cisco VPN client. I wasn't too keen on
> installing it, even though my instance had already been activated.
>
> It's a shame, too, because I was super excited to fire up an IBM i instance
> and use a 5250 terminal emulator.
>
No you can use open source clients for the Cisco VPN - can send you the details.
Justin