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Expect is a tcl application for automating and testing interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect makes it easy for a script to control another program and interact with it.

More information can be found at http://expect.nist.gov/

[edit] Installing the package

Download and install the neko_expect-5.43.0 (version 2) tardist package from the Nekoware repository.

Installation of the precompiled binary package can be achieved using either Software Manager or inst: In the case of inst, all that's required is the command:

~ $ inst -f /path/to/neko_expect-5.43.0.tardist
install all
keep *.opt.src
go
quit

You will need "root" privileges to install the software.

A list of all files is installed by this package is available.

[edit] Package Dependencies

The following additional packages are required to run this software correctly:

• neko_tcl (version 2)

• neko_tk (version 1)

[edit] Package Incompatibilities

The following packages are marked as incompatible.

• No incompatibilities.

[edit] Package Layout

Default indicates whether the subsystem will be installed if "install standard" (or similar) is used. Order is used if any given subsystem must be installed before others.

[edit] Compiling

As for the majority of Nekoware packages, the 7.4.x release of SGI's MIPSpro Compiler suite has been used to build this package.

[edit] Environment

export CC=cc
export CFLAGS='-O3 -mips4 -I/usr/nekoware/include -TARG:platform=IP27:proc=r10000'
export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/nekoware/include -I/usr/include'
export CXX=CC
export F77=f77
export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/nekoware/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/nekoware/lib'
export PKG_CONFIG=/usr/nekoware/bin/pkg-config
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib/pkgconfig'
export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY64_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib64'
export GNOME2_DIR='/usr/nekoware'
export GNUMAKE='/usr/nekoware/bin/make'

[edit] Patches

You may need to apply the following patches: expect-5.43-testsuite.patch

[edit] Configure

# to prevent Makefile from recreating configure from configure.in:
touch configure
./configure --prefix=/usr/nekoware/ --with-tcl=/usr/nekoware/lib/ --with-tk=/usr/nekoware/lib/
gmake
gmake test

[edit] Release Notes

Click on the "show" link to expand the contents of the package's 'relnotes' file.

PACKAGE NAME:

neko_expect

SOURCE/VERSION:

expect-5.43.0

DESCRIPTION:

Expect is a tcl application for automating and testing interactive
applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip,
etc. Expect makes it easy for a script to control another program and
interact with it.

More information can be found at
http://expect.nist.gov/

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:

export CC=cc
export CFLAGS='-O3 -mips4 -I/usr/nekoware/include -TARG:platform=IP27:proc=r10000'
export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/nekoware/include -I/usr/include'
export CXX=CC
export F77=f77
export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/nekoware/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/nekoware/lib'
export PKG_CONFIG=/usr/nekoware/bin/pkg-config
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib/pkgconfig'
export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib'
export LD_LIBRARY64_PATH='/usr/nekoware/lib64'
export GNOME2_DIR='/usr/nekoware'
export GNUMAKE='/usr/nekoware/bin/make'

CONFIGURE FLAGS:

# to prevent Makefile from recreating configure from configure.in:
touch configure
./configure --prefix=/usr/nekoware/ --with-tcl=/usr/nekoware/lib/ --with-tk=/usr/nekoware/lib/
gmake
gmake test

KNOWN DEPENDANCIES:

tcl, tk

ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS:

all.tcl:        Total   25      Passed  24      Skipped 0       Failed  1
Sourced 0 Test Files.
Files with failing tests: send.test

PACKAGED BY:

Petr Machata (pmachata at gmail com)

[edit] Errors/Miscellaneous

all.tcl: Total 25 Passed 24 Skipped 0 Failed 1 Sourced 0 Test Files. Files with failing tests: send.test

[edit] Older Versions

• neko_expect-5.43.0.tardist (version 2), January 15 2007

• neko_expect-5.44.1.tardist (version 1), December 11 2006

[edit] External Links

• http://expect.nist.gov/