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Re: No RANLIB in Solaris2.3, can someone help?

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From: Craig R. McClanahan
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 20:07
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>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth HO <mv026@mel.go.jp> writes:

    Kenneth> Hello, I am trying to compile serveral public domain programs and
    Kenneth> found that they all look for ranlib to generate a random
    Kenneth> library. Unfortunately, Solaris2.3 do not have ranlib (I have got a
    Kenneth> feeling that ranlib only exists in BSD systems)

    Kenneth> I am sure that there is some settings in the makefile or the
    Kenneth> compiler to remedy this situation. Does anyone know what it is?

    Kenneth> --- Ken

I've had success with just creating a little shell script called "ranlib" in
my local bin directory, that simply outputs "ranlib complete" and does nothing.
That way, you don't have to patch your make files to be Solaris specific on
this issue (although, of course, you might still run into problems on which
libraries need to be included :-).
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From: crm@perpetua.umpqua.portal.COM (Craig R. McClanahan)
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Subject: Re: No RANLIB in Solaris2.3, can someone help?
Date: 27 Jan 1994 15:07:40 -0500
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