* make rrd_getopt compile on solaris

[rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdbuild.pod

diff --git a/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
index 99bab00..4159d5a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdbuild.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ Make sure the RRDtool build system finds your new compiler
 
  export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
 
-Since there does not seem to be a viable msgfmt tool on OpenSolaris (short
-of installing it yourself). You have to call configure with the
+=head2 Solaris 8/9
 
- --disable-libintl
+Getting NLS to work on old solaris is an open issue ... use 
+
+ --disable-nls
 
 option.
 
@@ -312,6 +313,14 @@ config file.
  $MAKE
  $MAKE install
 
+When building on Solaris you may want todo
+
+ ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
+    --enable-xlib=no \
+    --enable-xlib-render=no \
+    --enable-win32=no \
+    CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
+
 =head3 Building Glib
 
  cd $BUILD_DIR