Hello,
I was trying to install the berkekly db which is part of the sendmail 8.12 installation and i got an error related to "ar". That utility is installed in /usr/ccs/bin.
Please see below, thank you.
# pwd
/export/home/sendmail812/db-4.2.52/build_unix
# ../dist/configure
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking if building in the top-level or dist directories... no
checking if --disable-cryptography option specified... no
checking if --disable-hash option specified... no
checking if --disable-queue option specified... no
checking if --disable-replication option specified... no
checking if --disable-verify option specified... no
checking if --enable-compat185 option specified... no
checking if --enable-cxx option specified... no
checking if --enable-debug option specified... no
checking if --enable-debug_rop option specified... no
checking if --enable-debug_wop option specified... no
checking if --enable-diagnostic option specified... no
checking if --enable-dump185 option specified... no
checking if --enable-java option specified... no
checking if --enable-mingw option specified... no
checking if --enable-posixmutexes option specified... no
checking if --enable-rpc option specified... no
checking if --enable-smallbuild option specified... no
checking if --enable-tcl option specified... no
checking if --enable-test option specified... no
checking if --enable-uimutexes option specified... no
checking if --enable-umrw option specified... no
checking if --with-mutex=MUTEX option specified... no
checking if --with-mutexalign=ALIGNMENT option specified... no
checking if --with-rpm=ARCHIVE option specified... no
checking if --with-tcl=DIR option specified... no
checking if --with-uniquename=NAME option specified... no
checking for ar... missing_ar
configure: error: No ar utility found.
# ar
usage: ar -d[-vV] archive file ...
ar -m[-abivV] [posname] archive file ...
ar -p[-vV][-s] archive [file ...]
ar -q[-cuvV] [-abi] [posname] [file ...]
ar -r[-cuvV] [-abi] [posname] [file ...]
ar -t[-vV][-s] archive [file ...]
ar -x[-vV][-sCT] archive [file ...]
# set
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin
