[5130] in Kerberos
Re: Porting KRB5 to Linux?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russ Taylor)
Wed May 10 12:05:13 1995
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: 10 May 1995 15:23:08 GMT
From: rtaylor@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Russ Taylor)
On 10 May 1995 04:31:21 GMT, Roman Gollent (roman@portal.stwing.upenn.edu) put forth into the Codex of Shub-Internet:
> Hate to break it to you, but Kerb5Beta5 compiles out of the box under
> linux. I'm running a patched up version of Slack 2.2 with GCC 2.6.3
> and the 1.2.8 kernel. I also updated bash since that caused
> compilation problems in the kernel and the screen make.
Okay, first what changes did you make in Makefiles?
If you made any, it's not out of the box.
Second, how about posting said changes, or explaining why bash causes
problems for you, which also suggests it wasn't "out of the box".
When a distribution dies because of incorrect typing (which I can fix),
missing libraries (which requires tracking down what they MEANT to use),
and unexplained errors like "parse error before "ssu0000" in std_rqs.c
(which I've not gotten a good explanation for), I no longer consider it to
be an Instant Port (tm). Not that I'm flaming the authors, I'm just
flaming the people who give useless tips like "it compiles out of the box",
because it isn't.
(FTR, I'm not exactly a novice at porting. But I have better things to do
with my work hours than fight with a recalcitrant server)
--
"Why do little blue midgets keep beating me with fish?" -- the Tick
