[bug-inetutils] Present support status for Solaris.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

lördag den 19 november 2011 klockan 08:10 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
>    Btw, there is this note in README:
> 
>     - GNU Inetutils does not work on Solaris.  Patches to make GNU
>       inetutils work on Solaris are happily accepted.
> 
>    It seems you have built InetUtils in Solaris-like systems.  Should we
>    remove this blurb?
> 
> If it `works' (I consider builds to work for now) then yes! :-) But we
> might want to mention that solaris support is new, and might not work
> or work badly.

When building on GNU/OpenSolaris, i.e., NexentaCore, and on OpenIndiana
I am using my standard starter

    ./configure --with-pam --with-wrap

Then I am able to build everything except the following

   talk, talkd, rlogind, and uucpd.

I know that "tftpd" is crippled (unable to transmit more than PKTSIZE
of data) and that "ifconfig" has some bugs in execution, but that it
suffices for displaying.

I also know that "telnet" and "telnetd" fail to compile as soon as
Kerberos support is being activated.

Thus, an automated build does not complete at present, but the most
important contemporary services are successful as manual targets.
Given a corresponding use of "--disable-thisthat" at configuration
time, it should be possible to see an automated build go through.

The recent claim that IU works for Solaris' relatives is overly
optimistic, but we are surprisingly close to this goal.

Best regards,
  Mats