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| author | Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> | 1996-09-11 00:59:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> | 1996-09-11 00:59:21 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/OS-notes b/doc/OS-notes deleted file mode 100644 index a328c9640..000000000 --- a/doc/OS-notes +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -Operating systems notes.... this file contains notes about various -different operating systems and some quirks that you have to be aware -of when compiling for them. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Alpha OSF/1 V2.0 - -md4.c can not be compiled with the optimizer on. (Could it possibly -be the same bug as the Dec Ultrix bug? The bug report makes it sound -identical!) - -(Reported by Marc Kenig) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -BSDI - -BSDI reportedly has a bad sed which causes it to go into an infinite -loop during the build. The workaround is to get a sed from somewhere -else, such as GNU. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Solaris versions 2.0 through 2.3: - -The gethostbyname() routine is broken; it does not return a fully -qualified domain name, even if you are using the DNS. Since Kerberos -V5 uses the fully qualified domain name as the second component of a -service principal (i.e, "host/tsx-11.mit.edu@ATHENA.MIT.EDU), this -causes problems for servers who try to figure out their own fully -qualified domain name. (It turns out clients win because Kerberos -calls gethostbyname() and then calls gethostbyaddr() on the address, -and SunSoft didn't screw up gethostbyaddr() except when it is your own -local hostname!) - -Workarounds: - -1) Supply your own resolver library. - -2) Upgrade to Solaris 2.4 - -3) Make sure your /etc/nsswitch.conf has the line: - - hosts: files dns - -and then in /etc/hosts, make sure there is a line with your -workstation's IP address and hostname, with the fully qualified domain -name first. Example: - - 18.172.1.4 dcl.mit.edu dcl - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Solaris 2.X: - -You *must* compile Kerberos V5 *without* the UCB compatibility libraries. - -This means that /usr/ucblib must *not* be in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH -environment variable when you compile it. - -Alternatively you can place the -i option on the cc line. So you can -put --with-ccopts=-i on the configure line. (Thanks to Dan Nessett -for this suggestion. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Ultrix 4.2/3 (Decstation Mips) - -md4.c and md5.c can not be compiled with the optimizer set at level 1. -(Either -O or -g will work; leaving ccopts blank won't.) The -optimizer isn't hung; it just takes a long time, due to an exponential -time bug. Calculations estimate around something like 4 billion -years. :-) - |
