#2187 Problems with configure on Solaris

[Anonymous]

Tcl Version: 8.0.5 - 8.3.5
OS: Solaris 2.5-2.8
Problem Behaviour:

1. the configure script does not recognize the time zone
handling and the resulting makefile won't compile
tclUnixTime.c
2. the configure script does not recognize the need of the
libraries libsocket.a and libnsl.a and the resulting makefile
won't link the tcl shell
3. the configure script uses $(CC) or ${CC} instead of
$(cc) or ${cc} and the resulting makefile won't compile
anything, because the compiler CC stops right with the first
file 'regcomp.c'

Expected Behaviour:

1. the configure script should include the symbol
HAVE_TIMEZONE_VAR
2. the configure script should recognize the network
libraries libsocket.a and libnsl.a
3. the configure script should always use the C compiler not
the C++ compiler as long tcl is C not C++

[Donal K. Fellows]

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It always worked for me back when I used Solaris2.8 and
earlier, both with gcc and the SunPro cc, and it found the
libraries required.

And it is a Well Known Fact that the name of the C compiler
should be stored in the environment variable $CC not $cc and
this has been the same across many build environments on
many platforms for many years.

Does 8.4.* have the same problem? If so, kindly supply more
background details. If not, kindly upgrade!