Re: [Resend] Re: Git build failure: v2.47.0 on Solaris 10 SPARC64

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:34:06AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > > Could you maybe also send the output of `./configure`? We do have a
> > > check in "configure.ac" that tries to find out whether your system has
> > > `inet_ntop()` or not. Maybe it is misdetecting the availability of that
> > > function on your platform and thus declares the `NO_INET_NTOP` variable,
> > > which causes us to pull in compat code.
> > >
> > > Out of curiosity, did you try running `make` without first running
> > > `./configure`? Many platforms should work alright without having to run
> > > autoconf first, but given that your platform is a more on the esoteric
> > > side I wouldn't be surprised if things didn't work there.
>
> [snip]
> > checking for inet_ntop... no
> > checking for inet_ntop in -lresolv... no
> > checking for inet_pton... no
> > checking for inet_pton in -lresolv... no
>
> So yes, indeed, your `inet_ntop()` isn't detected. Does that function
> require any additional libraries on your platform? Searching for this on
> the internet quickly brings me to... a [thread] from our own mailing
> list. Looks like that patch never landed.

Thanks for digging.

Thanks,
Taylor