HPUX 10.20 binary works on 11.0 (was: configure script bug in 5.1.2?) (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:00:27 -0600
From: Anne Wilson <address@hidden>
To: Steven Danz <address@hidden>
     address@hidden
Subject: HPUX 10.20 binary works on 11.0 (was: configure script bug in 5.1.2?)

Steven Danz wrote:
> 
> Well, at least some good news.   The 10.20 binaries from your site work
> just fine on the 11.00 system I'm testing on.  It is completely up to date 
> with
> the patches from HP, so that may make a difference...
> 
> Trying to find a solution for 11.00 builds...
> 
> -swd
> 

Great, Steve, thanks for letting us know!!  We're very interested in what else 
you find out.

Anne


> Anne Wilson wrote:
> 
> > Steven Danz wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the pointers.  We didn't see the binary for 10.20, but we were 
> > > looking
> > > several days ago, so we probably just missed it.  As far as the script 
> > > goes, without
> > > the change the result from 'uname -sr' wasn't recognized and the -lnsl 
> > > didn't get
> > > added to the makefiles, so it wouldn't link anything.
> > >
> >
> > Hmmmm....  I don't know what to think about that.  Yet another computing 
> > mystery, but like I said we will make a note of it.
> >
> > > I've looked at the HP patch lists (I have an HP support contract ;-) and 
> > > there are
> > > a couple promising looking ones for 10.20 compatibility problems in libc, 
> > > and the
> > > latest ONC/NFS patch has a bunch of changes related to rpc in libnsl.  
> > > I've given
> > > the person working on this the pointers, and we will see how it goes...
> > >
> > > I'll keep you posted.
> > >
> > > -swd
> >
> > I'm glad to hear this.  If you do find out anything please let us know!
> >
> > (Note: I'll be away for a month starting Sept. 11.  FYI.  It's probably 
> > best to send initial problem/question reports to address@hidden anyway, 
> > because we farm them out depending on subject area and availability.)
> >
> > Anne
> >
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