[csw-dev] getopt.h missing on solaris8
Aubrey Li
aubreylee at gmail.com
Sun Mar 30 17:57:23 CEST 2008
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave.org> wrote:
>
>
> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:29 PM, <Murray.Jensen at csiro.au> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:29:30 +0800, "Aubrey Li" writes:
> >> >getopt.h and its lib is missing on this box.
> >> >what is the right way to fix this issue?
> >>
> >> Solaris 8 doesn't have getopt.h - or the gnu getopt* functions in libc.
> >>
> >> Grab the source from gnulib and link it in with your application ...
> >>
> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/
> >>
> >> or direct to getopt module ...
> >>
> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/MODULES.html#module=getopt
> >>
> >> There are links for each of the following files
> >>
> >> getopt.in.h
> >> getopt.c
> >> getopt1.c
> >> getopt_int.h
> >>
> >> but the first one is bogus - it should be getopt.h ... click on the
> >> link and when you get the error page, go into the address bar and
> >> edit the url such that getopt.in.h is changed to getopt.h.
> >>
> >> I think those four files will be enough ... you will have to figure
> >> out how to link them in - usually edit a Makefile, Makefile.in or
> >> Makefile.am file.
> >>
> >> This has been discussed in the maintainers list before - but its not
> >> your fault you didnt find it - the archives arent easily searchable
> >> (unless someone else has a searchable interface?). Cheers!
> >> Murray...
> >
> > Thanks Murray, I'll have a try.
> > Just be curious, why don't we upgrade our system to solaris 10?
>
> Solaris 8 is scheduled to be dropped entirely into the "time and material"
> support class by Sun for Q12009. That is March 2009. I hope to have all of
> the Solaris 10 based infrastructure up to speed before then.
>
> Dennis
>
Of course I can't wait then, my account will be invalid in one month, ;-)
-Aubrey
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