compiling openssh-2.1.1p4 on SPARC Solaris 8

John Horne J.Horne at plymouth.ac.uk
Fri Aug 11 19:08:40 EST 2000


On 11-Aug-00 at 01:37:07 Damien Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Eugene Efremov wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to compile openssh-2.1.1p4 on a Sparc machine running Solaris
>> 8.  I've got all sorts of patches installed.  The compiler is gcc
>> 2.95.2.  I was originally trying to get the ssh from www.ssh.com, not
>> the OpenSSH, to work, but that's another story in and of itself, so I'm
>> trying this opensource version in hopes of better success.
> 
> Are you using a gcc that you built yourself or the one from Sun Freeware?
> 
Solaris 8 comes with gcc now :-) It's on the supplementary CD (I think)
along with other goodies - bzip, ghostscript, bash etc. 

We compiled openssh on Solaris 8 (with the Sun supplied gcc) no problem.

John.

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