Re: Compile error on Solaris 11.2 (tests for inet_pton and inet_ntop fail)

[Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>]

Hi Andreas,

On 06/06/15 15:40, Venturini, Andreas wrote:
> I am trying to compile tarsnap on a Solaris 11.2 box. For some reason the
> compile script fails to properly detect both, inet_pton and inet_ntop.
> 
> See my comment on the following gist for console output:
> https://gist.github.com/robinsmidsrod/ae6ca91a166ef5313048
> 
> Is there someone running tarsnap with Solaris 11.2 who can help with this?

You need to edit the configure script: Look for the lines

>  *solaris* | *sunos*)
>         CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I/usr/sfw/include"
>         LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib"
>         LIBS="${LIBS} -lsocket"
>         ;;
>  esac

and change the LIBS line to
>         LIBS="${LIBS} -lsocket -lnsl"

Will be fixed in the next release. :-)

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