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Old 03-10-2008
MySQL make[1] *** [libsupp.a] Error 255
I have searched google and these forums as well. I am trying to compile proftpd on a vanilla Solaris 10 server and I am getting an error when I try to 'make'

Server - Solaris 10 update 4

Installed packages from sunfreeware.com
autoconf-2.60-sol10-sparc-local
automake-1.10.1-sol10-sparc-local
gcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local
libiconv-1.11-sol10-sparc-local
make-3.81-sol10-sparc-local
ncurses-5.6-sol10-sparc-local
openssl-0.9.8f-sol10-sparc-local

Downloaded proftpd-1.3.1.tar.gz source files from http://www.proftpd.org/

root@solaris10:/usr/local/proftpd-1.3.1#make
echo \#define BUILD_STAMP \"`date`\" >include/buildstamp.h
cd lib/ && make lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/proftpd-1.3.1/lib'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c pr_fnmatch.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c sstrncpy.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c strsep.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c vsnprintf.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c glibc-glob.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c glibc-hstrerror.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c glibc-mkstemp.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c pr-syslog.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSOLARIS2_10 -DSOLARIS2 -I.. -I../include -I/usr/local/openssl -O2 -Wall -c pwgrent.c
false rc libsupp.a pr_fnmatch.o sstrncpy.o strsep.o vsnprintf.o glibc-glob.o glibc-hstrerror.o glibc-mkstemp.o pr-syslog.o pwgrent.o
make[1]: *** [libsupp.a] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/proftpd-1.3.1/lib'
make: *** [lib] Error 2


Thank you in advanced for your help,

JJ
# 2  
Old 03-13-2008
I ran into the same problem. You need to put ar in your path. For some reason configure substitutes the false program if it can't find ar. ar is located in /usr/ccs/bin.
# 3  
Old 03-13-2008
The reason is so that configure will bomb. configure has to be able to use .a files.
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