Are any of these links of use in helping fix the scandir/alphasort problem
on solaris?

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/coohl/mhonarc/MailArchives/gempak/msg00
759.html

http://www.htdig.org/htdig-dev/2000/09/0051.html

http://www.niac.man.ac.uk/Tina/lxr/http/source/file/util/file_name.c

Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Fulton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 1:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [qmailadmin] QmailAdmin & Solaris.
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Those of you who have seen my e-mails over the last day are 
> aware of the 
> compile problems I have been having with QmailAdmin 1.0.7.xxxx and 
> Solaris.  Those of you who have not now are.
> 
> I am aware that a number of contributions have been made and 
> those make up 
> the 1.0.7 version.  However many of those additions have, 
> unintentionally, 
> now excluded the Solaris OS from running QmailAdmin 1.0.7 and 
> likely future 
> versions, if they include the same problematic functions.
> 
> FYI, those functions are:  "alphasort" in alias.c and the 
> "fts" functions 
> (fts_open, fts_read, fts_number etc etc) in util.c
> 
> I have spent the last day importing libraries, headers and 
> searching for 
> and compiling programs for the Solaris 8 machines I maintain. 
>  I was able 
> to add an appropriate header for the alphasort() function, but less 
> experienced admins may not have the wherewithal to do this.  
> I have also 
> discovered that fts is not available for Solaris.  My 
> attempts to port it 
> have failed.
> 
> Unless others can succeed where I have failed, I am 
> officially suggesting 
> that QmailAdmin remove those functions and find alternates which are 
> compatible with all the major OS'es.  Otherwise, QmailAdmin should 
> explicitedly state that Solaris is not supported.  
> Unfortunately this will 
> preclude a number of current users from upgrading, and there may be a 
> cascade effect detrimental to Vpopmail.  Let me also say to 
> those ardent 
> BSD and Linux users who may have negative comments regarding 
> Solaris: don't 
> bother.
> 
> -- Steve.
>    
> 
> 
> 
> 


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