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Peter Samuel (psamuel@ind.tansu.com.au)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:48:02 +1000 (EST) 

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:48:02 +1000 (EST)
From: Peter Samuel <psamuel@ind.tansu.com.au>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] Problems in Solaris 2.5
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970402094642.1489N-100000@grizzly.ind.tansu.com.au>

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Petros Dourouklakis wrote:

> > Has anybody managed to compile msql in Solaris 2.5? I get lots
> > of error, had to change config.h by hand, and even then, it tries to
> > use ranlib, which does not exist in Solaris! Has anybody got a right
> > configuration file for that?
> >
> JJ
> We had quite a debate about this a while ago if i am not mistaken :)
> There is nothing wrong between Solaris and mSQL. they actually love
> eachother. Get gcc 2.7.x , PLEASE DO READ the faq's and README's
> etc. and all should be ok.
> Btw. if ranlib does not exist on Solaris, whats that /usr/ccs/bin/ranlib
> that i have ? :)
> Regards
> /P

Ranlib exists but is not necessary under Solaris. The link loader does
the job all by itself. As an aid to portability, Solaris comes with a
dummy ranlib in /usr/ccs/bin/ranlib. It is a simple shell script that
does

    exit 0

This keeps old Makefiles happy.

Regards
Peter
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Peter Samuel peter@uniq.com.au
Technical Consultant or at present:
Uniq Professional Services Peter.Samuel@ind.tansu.com.au
Phone: +61 2 9206 3439 Fax: +61 2 9281 1301

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