Re: pre-release available for testing

Scott J. Kramer (sjk@lux.com)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:31:55 -1000

On Tue, 3-Nov-1998 @ 23:51, Martin Huber wrote:
> Subject: Re: pre-release available for testing
>
> > From: "Scott J. Kramer" <sjk@lux.com>
> > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:10:07 -1000
> > .......
> >
> > On Fri, 30-Oct-1998 @ 23:42, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
> > > Subject: pre-release available for testing
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Just grabbed sane-pre0.75.tar.gz and diff'd it with sane-0.74, and...
> >
> > I'd like to suggest upgrading to at least version 1.2 of libtool --
> > that was what was necessary for me to build sane-0.74 for Solaris
> > 2.5.1 (gcc-2.8.1). Otherwise, the `make' produces core dumps when
> > attempting to create executables under frontend/.libs:

[...]

> I compiled sane-0.74 as well as sane-pre0.75 on Solaris 2.6 sparc
> and x86 without any errors.

Ahh, so the printf bug that pre-1.2 libtool tickles when building sane
(and a few other software packages) is fixed in Solaris 2.6. Good to
know, tho' that still doesn't help those of us stuck at 2.5 for a bit
longer, lacking time to upgrade. See that unconfigured Ultra-5 in the
other room? :-)

-sjk

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