Re: pkg/44216 (mail/postfix requires NIS which does not exist on Solaris builds over b130)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/44216; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/44216 (mail/postfix requires NIS which does not exist on
 Solaris builds over b130)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:29:41 +0000

 On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 02:25:02AM +0000, Bryan Horstmann-Allen wrote:
  >  |  Would it work to check for the existence of a e.g. ypwhich executable?
  >  
  >  Unfortunately not:
  >  
  >  # uname -a
  >  SunOS siege 5.11 snv_151a i86pc i386 i86pc
  >  # which ypwhich
  >  /bin/ypwhich
 
 hurray for solaris! :(
 
 (So it doesn't have NIS but does have the NIS programs? Does it have
 the header files in /usr/include? Are there any yp* or _yp* symbols
 in/not in libc that we could check for in a configure test?)
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost