Hallo Marc!   
      
   23.12.2018 16:11, Marc Lewis schrieb an Sean Dennis:   
      
    ML> Sean, I too would like to do an upgrade, but I question what will   
    ML> happen to my present set-up when I start the upgrade.  Will the new   
    ML> ArcaOS preserve my old directory structure etc.?  Never have gotten a   
    ML> clear answer as to what happens during the new OS install process.   
   ArcaOS does have the current OS/2 smp kernel 4.52. A update is not possible,   
   because most of the programms are using the unixroot environment. Ecomstation   
   had an option to use the unixenvironment, but arcaos does need this.   
      
   Well, there is no need to update, because arcaos does use the same smp-kernal   
   than ecomstation 2 does. If you adopt your unixenvironment, and install all   
   the stuff from rpm.netlabs.org you've got the same programs running.   
      
   Just to explain, a UnixEnvironment is defined by some rexx scripts. To find   
   you what you need, just take a look inside the rpm from netlabs.org. Hint:   
   7zip does extract these rpm's like a charm.   
      
   On my Ecomstation 2.1 I've got several unixroot-environments. Some for   
   mozilla, some for gcc3, gcc4, gcc6 and also gcc8.1.0. Because of this, I can   
   compile most of the unix-programms for os/2. Like I did with grep/sed/wget and   
   so on.   
      
   I would only update to ArcaOS immediately if they adopt/port a tcp/ipv6 stack.   
   All other stuff from then is available on netlabs or github. (If you are able   
   to compile these programms of your own, like I do.)   
      
    ML> Best regards,   
    ML> Marc   
   Bye/2 Torsten   
      
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