Re: bash 4.3.42 does not link on Solaris 2.4

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/30/15 11:57 AM, Klaus Ziegler - owner of sunfreeware.de wrote:

>>> Bash Version: 4.3
>>> Patch Level: 42
>>> Release Status: release
>>>
>>> Description:
>>> when linking bash the following linker error is displayed:
>>> cc -L./builtins -L./lib/readline -L./lib/readline -L./lib/glob...
>>> Undefined                       first referenced
>>>   symbol                             in file
>>> random                              ./lib/sh/libsh.a(tmpfile.o)
>>> ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to bash
>>>
>>>          Solaris 2.4 needs -L/usr/ucblib -lucb to link bash
>>>
>>> Repeat-By:
>>>          doing nm on all libraries in /usr/lib and looking for random:
>> Does it at least have rand() in the C library?

OK, I'll add something that uses rand() if random() is not available.

Chet

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