samba - Jan 2004 - Upgrading Samba: minimum requirements for Samba wrt Solaris and gcc

Greetings list!

I have a older Samba (v 2.0.7) server compiled with 
an older gcc (v 2.8.1) running on an older Solaris 
(v 2.5.1).

I would like to upgrade to a newer version of Samba.

I have had trouble compiling Samba version 3.0.1 
with gcc version 2.8.1 on Solaris 2.5.1:

$ ./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... cat: cannot open conftest.c
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

an on Solaris 8, the 'configure' step completes 
successfully, but 'make' seems to hang early:

% make
Using FLAGS =  -O -I./popt -Iinclude
-I/home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source/include
-I/home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source/ubiqx
-I/home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source/smbwrapper  -I.
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-I/home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source    
      LIBS = -lsec -lgen -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -ldl
      LDSHFLAGS = -G 
      LDFLAGS = 
Building include/proto.h
creating /home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source/include/proto.h
[it hangs here for hours if I let it]

I have successfully compiled Samba version 
2.2.8a with gcc version 2.8.1 on Solaris 2.5.1,
but I cannot successfully join the NT4 domain.
The 'smbpasswd -j' command returns the text:

Broken pipe

and does the same on Solaris 8 (and gcc 
2.8.1).

I need to be able to join the NT4 domain right 
now, but I will want Samba to take over PDC 
duties soon. The current Samba here (2.0.7) 
doesn't provide group membership information 
to the two W2KS Citrix boxes here, so it isn't 
used as a PDC.

Do I have to get a newer version of gcc to 
compile on Solaris 2.5.1? If so, what version 
would be best to move to? 

Or, do I have to upgrade Solaris to compile and 
run a newer Samba stably? If so, what would 
be the best choice right now. Does Solaris 9 
have any advantage over 8 with regard to 
Samba serving?

Thanks much for reading,

Troy Johnson
Samba Fan

>an on Solaris 8, the 'configure' step completes 
>successfully, but 'make' seems to hang early:
> ...
>creating /home/troy/src/samba/samba-3.0.1/source/include/proto.h
>[it hangs here for hours if I let it]
Hey, I recognize this one!

This problem occurs if /usr/ucb is in your path ahead of /usr/bin or
/bin.  I tracked this behavior into mkproto.sh: the problem is with the
"tr" program in /usr/ucb.  mkproto.sh uses "tr" in a
pipeline like this:

  ... | tr ' ' '\n' | ...

/usr/ucb/tr substitutes spaces with "n" characters, where /usr/bin/tr
substitutes newlines.  It makes a HUGE difference to what mkproto.sh
is trying to do.

Frankly, I recommend removing /usr/ucb from your path entirely.
>I have had trouble compiling Samba version 3.0.1 
>with gcc version 2.8.1 on Solaris 2.5.1:
>
>$ ./configure
>checking for gcc... gcc
>checking for C compiler default output... cat: cannot open conftest.c
>configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
Something fundamental is broken.  Look in "config.log" - the messages
there may help you figure out what's going wrong.

My first guess would be that something is wrong with gcc:  perhaps gcc
really CAN'T create executables on this system:  try doing a simple
compile of a "hello world" C program.  

It's weird that configure can't report on the contents of conftest.c,
though.  It's almost like something else is wrong with the standard
shell scripting tools on this system.  I'd try removing any strange
directories from your PATH, and try again.