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Re: pkg/51594 (pkgtools/cwrappers does not compile on Solaris 11.2)



The following reply was made to PR pkg/51594; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: joerg%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
	joern.clausen%uni-bielefeld.de@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/51594 (pkgtools/cwrappers does not compile on Solaris 11.2)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:24:42 +0100

 On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 04:20:01AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >  One could always put in
 >  
 >  #ifdef __sun
 >  #define vfork fork
 >  #endif
 >  
 >  for now until Joerg decides on the right fix... maybe it's time to do
 >  that.
 
 That might have been an appropiate local hack, given that I don't know
 whether Solaris ever had a real vfork or not. The latest version will
 look for posix_spawnp and use that if present. It has been reported by
 Sevan to not work on Solaris 11, but I don't have any details to know
 why.
 
 Joerg
 


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