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Why can I compile on Irix?

April 26, 2017IRIX

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Why can I compile on Irix?

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Upgrade to the latest release, and try again. Let me know if you still have problems. Q: Where is the CHROOT file you keep mentioning? A: If you downloaded the source, it’s in there. If you installed from RPM, then have a look in /usr/share/doc/rssh-X.X.X/ for it. If you installed from a package distributed by your Linux distribution vendor, look for it wherever they put their documentation files. If all else fails, try using your package manager to list the files included in the rssh package… Q: Why does rssh keep dumping core on me? A: If you built rssh for Solaris, and are not using rssh with a version of OpenSSH >= 3.5, then by default the configure script will try to build statically linked binaries. This is next to impossible on Solaris, due to brain damage in Sun’s C libraries. Upgrade to OpenSSH 3.5 to fix the problem securely. Or, if that’s not an option, you can run the configure script with –disable-static, but this opens a security hole. If you are already using OpenSSH