parted 1.7.1 can not be built on UNIX ?

[Dennis Clarke]

This seems very restrictive :

$ ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/csw/bin/bash
CC=/opt/studio/SOS8/SUNWspro/bin/cc
--prefix=/export/medusa/dclarke/local/parted --disable-nls
--disable-readline
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
configure: error: Unknown or unsupported OS "solaris2.8".  Only "linux",
"gnu" and "beos" are supported in this version of GNU Parted.
$

What exactly is the problem with building this on Solaris ?


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Dennis Clarke