[rescue] Compiling for older releases

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Thu Aug 26 17:37:35 CDT 2004


" From: Clayton Wheeler <csw at thirdshoe.net>
" 
" On Aug 24, 2004, at 9:21 AM, William Enestvedt wrote:
" 
" > Can I "cross-compile" something -- OpenSSH, for example -- on, say, a
" > Solaris 8 system for use on a Solaris 2.6 system?
" 
" Apart from the compiler and library issues, be aware that a Solaris 8 
" patch added /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices as a userland-visible 
" source of randomness. If your Solaris 8 box has these, you'll need to 
" tell configure not to use them, because they sure won't be there on 
" 2.6.

2.6 server does have /dev/random, buried in one of the webserver pkgs
iirc.
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