[krbdev.mit.edu #1587] On Solaris 8 configure script can't find gcc

[Sam Hartman via RT]

>>>>> "klehigh at iupui" == klehigh at iupui edu via RT <rt-comment at krbdev.mit.edu> writes:

    klehigh at iupui> Indeed, and I was able to successfully compile it
    klehigh at iupui> using both --with-cc= and setting an environment
    klehigh at iupui> variable for "CC", however, I was curious as to why
    klehigh at iupui> your configure script is unable to find a common
    klehigh at iupui> compiler in a common location.  Is this a
    klehigh at iupui> philosophical decision, or just a function/feature
    klehigh at iupui> that hasn't been included yet?  Thanks,

It was a philosophical decision that the c compiler on Unix is called
cc and is found in the user's path.

For a variety of reasons, the behavior is different in the upcoming
1.3 release of Kerberos.