[Dnsmasq-discuss] dnsmasq 2.41 release candidate.

[Simon Kelley]

Matthias Andree wrote:
> Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>>Changelog from 2.40:
>>
>>            Remove deprecated calls when compiled against libdbus 1.1.
>>
>>            Fix "strict-alias" warning in bpf.c
>>
>>            Reduce dependency on Gnu-make in build system: dnsmasq now
>>            builds with system make under OpenBSD.
>>
>>            Port to Solaris. Dnsmasq 1.x used to run under Solaris,
>>            and this release does so again, for Solaris 9 or better.
> 
> 
> I tried to compile on Solaris 8 SPARC with additional Blastwave
> userspace; it appears that for instance getopt.h is missing.
> 
> For lack of time, I stopped there and didn't try just adding GNU's for
> the sake of experiment or look around on the system - just in case
> you're interested to know.
> 
> Best regards, and keep up the good work.
> 

Thanks for that. I did try Solaris 8 and came upon a reasonably 
insoluble problem, which is why only Solaris 9 and later is supported. I 
think the problem is lack of an ioctl() needed to do DHCP, but I 
honestly don't remember the details.


Cheers,

Simon.