[Mimedefang] Re: OT SpamAssassin Install

[Doug Hubbard]

Jim,
Thanks for the tips so far.
Same gcc used for both versions compiles, although gcc itself is pretty 
old (2.95.3)
I will try an update to it and see if that corrects the issue.

>Sorry should have mentioned in the initial post that the exact same 
>> behavior occurs in cpan (all prereqs are up to date that I can see).
>> I should also mention that SA 2.63 installs just fine on the same box.
>  
>
>
>Hmm... those errors typically mean you are missing a header file (library
>function calls) or similar, or perhaps your gcc just cannot find them... maybe
>compare the LIBRARY path (and possibly other envioronment variables used by
>gcc) when doing a 2.63 and a 3.02 build.
>
>One pecularity I rememmber form my Solaris days was the socket functions it
>used for the tcp stack were quite different from Linux (where most open
>sourced software woudl be preconfigured for) and often required a argument to
>the configure script or to manually edit the Makefile.. but I thought those
>days were long gone. How up to date is your gcc and its libraries? Are you
>using the same compiler to do the different versions of SA? Solaris always was
>very picky about its build environment and where it loiked to look for
>libraries unless told otherwise.
>
>Jim
>

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