Issues on compiling nmap 5.59BETA1 on Solaris

[Dagobert Michelsen <dam () opencsw org>]

Hi,

I am currently working on a Solaris compile of nmap 5.59BETA1 and found
the following issues:

* Two python files use inconsistent spacing:
    zenmapCore/ScriptMetadata.py: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
    zenmapGUI/FileChoosers.py: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

* ncat/ncat.c needs an inclusion of limits.h for INT_MAX
  My trivial patch is not portable, a autoconf-check may be better:
    http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/files/0001-Add-definition-for-INT_MAX.patch

* Solaris needs definitions for CMSG_ALIGN, CMSG_SPACE and CMSG_LEN
  This patch adds the definitions if any of them is missing:
    
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/files/0002-Add-definitions-for-CMSG_ALIGN-CMSG_SPACE-and-CMSG_L.patch

* The Sun Studio compiler does not honour __attribute__
  In libpcal a proper check is used and a definition of _U_ is done during configure
  time to either __attribute__ or nothing if the compiler does not support it.
  This detection could either be propagated to main configure and according definitions.
  My non-portable patch disables it for the relevant files with
    http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/files/0003-Do-not-use-__attribute__.patch

* The defintion of lt_sockaddr_storage::operator is missing a const or compilation fails.
  The patch should resolve the issue for all platforms:
    
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/files/0004-Make-lt_sockaddr_storage-operator-const-or-compiler-.patch

* A similar issue occurs in libnetutil.cc for route_dst which is fixed for all platforms by this patch:
    
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/files/0005-Fix-const-definition-of-route_dst-or-c-linkage-fails.patch

* The following flags must be set when compiling with the Sun Studio 12 compiler on Solaris 9:
    CPPFLAGS += -features=extensions -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D__EXTENSIONS__
    CXXFLAGS += -features=extensions -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 -D__EXTENSIONS__ -library=stlport4
  On build time this additional variable helps building a sane binary (just use VAR_STATIC as
  it was at the right place, I have not found a usable variable with a better name):
    VAR_STATIC = -library=stlport4 -norunpath
  The full mGAR build recipe is available here:
    http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/nmap/trunk/Makefile

I have build experimental packages of 5.59BETA1 available at
  http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental.html#nmap
Maybe there are some Solaris users around to test it.

As you see I had quite some issues building it and would think that this statement is
an exaggeration:
  http://nmap.org/book/inst-solaris.html
I would be glad to offer an account on our solaris packaging projects buildfarm for an
nmap maintainer to do regular testing or even continuous integration:
  http://www.opencsw.org/extend-it/signup/to-upstream-maintainers/


Best regards

  -- Dago

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