How to build IBM Jikes 1.15/iX.1

The source code is packaged as a diff against the original jikes 1.15 sources.
Please download jikes-1.15.tar.gz from one of the oss.software.ibm.com mirror sites.
Instructions below assume a JIKES.ORG logon, because this is my porting setup.

 :hello manager.sys

 :newacct org,mgr
 :purgeuser mgr.org
 :purgegroup pub.org
 :altacct org; cap=+ph

 :newgroup jikes.org; access=(r,x:any; w,a,l,s:gl)
 :newuser jikes.org; pass=whatever; home=jikes
 :altuser jikes.org; cap=+ph,gl

 :hello jikes.org

 :xeq /bin/sh -L

 shell/iX> mkdir build; cd build
 shell/iX> gzip -dc /tmp/jikes-1.15.tar.gz | tar xvopf -
 shell/iX> cd jikes-1.15
 shell/iX> tar xvzopf /tmp/jikes-115-ix1-delta.tar.Z
 shell/iX> mpe/patch.sh
 shell/iX> mpe/build.sh

You are now ready to use the software in /ORG/JIKES/v115 (bin, etc, ...)
It might be useful to create a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin to point there.

Have fun using IBM Jikes 1.15/iX, but keep in mind: *use at your own risk*

Lars Appel, November 2001