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Re: Configure mistakes GETADDRINFO available under Solaris-2.7 (ITS#964)



At 07:55 AM 1/13/01 +0000, jimd@siu.edu wrote:
>Full_Name: Jim Dutton
>Version: 2.0.7
>OS: Solaris-2.7g
>URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
>Submission from: (NULL) (131.230.253.26)
>
>
>GETADDRINFO exists under Solaris-2.8 but not under Solaris-2.7.
>Configure test for GETADDRINFO fails to properly identify/realize
>that GETADDRINFO does not exist under Solaris-2.7, and mistakingly
>defines "HAVE GETADDRINFO 1" in portable.h.

Likely it does exist.  configure does a link test before
setting HAVE_GETADDRINFO.

>Manually correcting portable.h for Solaris-2.7 and NO GETADDRINFO
>resolves the problems that are caused during the compile when
>GETADDRINFO is defined. (ie; compile fails)

You should provides details on why this compile fails so that
we might be able to either a) make use of the getaddrinfo()
that was detected or b) detect that the getaddrinfo() which
was found is inadequate and take corrective action.

Kurt