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Bug#462291: ocamlnet: FTBFS on GNU/kFreeBSD



On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:14:15PM +0100, Stephane Glondu wrote:
> Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>> ocamlnet fails to build on GNU/kFreeBSD as rpc-auth-local is not built
>> while this file is listed in libocamlnet-ocaml-dev.install. The small
>> patch below fixes the configure script to build rpc-auth-local on
>> GNU/kFreeBSD as it is something supported.
>
> Actually, I had "fixed" the problem in the svn by making the configure  
> script recognize "GNU/kFreeBSD" as "FreeBSD", and since rpc-auth-local  
> does not seem to be supported on FreeBSD, I just removed this module  
> from the binary package.
>
> (Just for curiosity) Could you explain why it is supported on  
> GNU/kFreeBSD whereas it is not on FreeBSD? Does it depend on something  
> on the glibc?

You are actually right. I thought it was something provided by the
glibc, but it is provided the kernel and FreeBSD doesn't support that.

> Unless otherwise instructed, I will undo my patch to use yours.

Your patch is the right one. Please ignore mine.

Thanks,
Aurelien

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