Hi,

the Sun tools coming with the OS (even the sfw tools) won't work. Here's a posting I did some months ago (with minor edits).

Perhaps someone could add it to the FAQ?

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I managed to compile courier on Solaris 10 x86 (32 bit). You have to ensure to use a clean and complete _GNU_ environment (I also got the information that maybe a clean and complete _Sun_ compiler environment might also work).

What doesn't work is the thing Sun distributes with Solaris 10: GNU compiler and Sun's ld. Don't try - even if you set the path and env correct, the gcc which comes wih Solaris 10 would _always_ use the Sun ld.

The best way ist to start with the GNU tarballs and make a clean GNU compile environment on your own.

Here's what worked for me: - courier-0.53.3 - courier-authlib-0.58 - options for authlib: ./configure --prefix=/app/courier --without-stdheaderdir --with-mailuser=courier --with-mailgroup=courier CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib CCLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld CXXLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld LD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld

- options for courier: setting where auth lives: COURIERAUTHCONFIG=/app/courier/bin/courierauthconfig export COURIERAUTHCONFIG

first compile to run make check: ./configure --prefix=/app/courier --without-stdheaderdir --with-mailuser=courier --with-mailgroup=courier CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib CCLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld CXXLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld LD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld --without-tcpddns --enable-unicode --enable-https=auto --with-waitfunc=wait3

then: make and make check

when OK: final make ./configure --prefix=/app/courier --without-stdheaderdir --with-mailuser=courier --with-mailgroup=courier CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib CCLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld CXXLD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld LD=/usr/local/gt-compile/bin/ld --without-tcpddns --enable-unicode --enable-https=auto --with-waitfunc=wait3 --enable-workarounds-for-imap-client-bugs

- compiler etc.: gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

ld --version GNU ld version 2.17 Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.

ar --version GNU ar 2.17 Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.

Note: the packages from sunfreeware.com won't work because their gcc was linked with the Sun linker and so this gcc will _always_ use the Sun linker (regardless of your search path and compiler options).

Hope this helps.

Robert Banniza wrote the following on 22.05.2007 21:46: