Re: [Bug-tar] Build problems under DEC-VAX-Ultrix

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

miim webmaster <address@hidden> wrote:

> The routine "vsnprintf" is not available under
> DEC-VAX-Ultrix
> and the tar build fails.

It should have been detected by configure;
 
> After a quick Google search, I have not been able to
> find the
> source for this routine and am stuck at this point.
> 

It is in lib/vsnprintf.[ch]. Normally these sources are added to the
build when configure detects that the system's libc lacks the
function. However, this seems to have failed on your box.

> If anyone is interested in chasing this bug, I can
> make the
> host system available for testing.

Yes, I'd like to take a look. Thanks for the offer.

Regards,
Sergey