How to build AIX binary since I have seen AIX supported 3 weeks ago

[PaulYuanJ]

Host operating system: output of uname -a

Linux ip-172-31-8-215 6.8.0-1016-aws #17-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 2 13:48:07 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

node_exporter version: output of node_exporter --version

I want make a new version for node_exporter on ubuntu system for AIX 6.1.0.0

GOOS=aix GOARCH=ppc64 CGO_ENABLED=0 make build
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
>> building binaries
/home/ubuntu/go/bin/promu --config .promu-cgo.yml build --prefix /home/ubuntu/node_exporter/sources-Td0pXGgt7K 
 >   node_exporter
# runtime/cgo
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-maix64’
!! command failed: build -o /home/ubuntu/node_exporter/sources-Td0pXGgt7K/node_exporter -ldflags -X github.com/prometheus/common/version.Version=1.8.1 -X github.com/prometheus/common/version.Revision=non-git -X github.com/prometheus/common/version.Branch=non-git -X github.com/prometheus/common/version.BuildUser=ubuntu@ip-172-31-8-215 -X github.com/prometheus/common/version.BuildDate=20241021-15:04:07  -extldflags '-static' github.com/prometheus/node_exporter: exit status 1
make: *** [Makefile.common:204: common-build] Error 1

[bastischubert]

theres a comment on how to do it here: #3136 (comment)

[PaulYuanJ]

i modified some source code to m64 instead of maix64, it has been built succeed. i am looking for official command to build.

[discordianfish]

@PaulYuanJ What exactly did you change? Did a regular go build work for you? AIX is supported but not yet using the Makefile

[PaulYuanJ]

@PaulYuanJ What exactly did you change? Did a regular go build work for you? AIX is supported but not yet using the Makefile

regular go build result:

[PaulYuanJ]

and I have modified these 2 files:

152 sudo vim /home/ubuntu/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.25.0/unix/zerrors_aix_ppc64.go
153 sudo vim /home/ubuntu/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/sys@v0.25.0/unix/mkall.sh

change maix64 to m64 in these 2 files, then use make build.

[PaulYuanJ]

But.. when I copy the binary file to AIX to run, encountered error: 0403-006 Execute permission denied
Maybe I used wrong method to build..

[discordianfish]

@PaulYuanJ You need CGO_ENABLED=1 to build this, I've built it naitvely on AIX 7.2