Patrick
Downloaded LPRng and ifhp stable versions yesterday and tried to compile on
a Sun Sparc 5 running Solaris 2.6. LPRng compiled Ok but ifhp did not. The
configure script choked on the Solaris "file -" command. It appears that the
Solaris version of file cannot read from standard input. I tried using LPRng
without ifhp but that didn't work. From the log files it would appear the
lpd also uses the "file -" command. Damn.
The configure script for ifhp suggested that I got the gnu version of file.
Two of us spent hours looking for one. I called Sun Support to see if they
had a patch. Even the latest versions of file do not accept stdin.
I eventually tried file on an old RH5.2 box and it did accept stdin. Luckly
the man page had a ftp site for the source code. It compiled and all worked
well.
My points are:
1. GNU don't appear to have a version of file.
2. Perhaps you could add file to the list of required software in the
Solaris system specific pages of the HOWTO. I found it at
ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-X.YY.tar.gz.
3. I HATE having to compile packages because it's usually a bunch of
trouble...
Cheeers
Mark
Mark Wilson
Consultant
Telephone: +64 9 623-1223 Facsimile: +64 9 623-1134
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