Re: pkg/44216 (mail/postfix requires NIS which does not exist on Solaris builds over b130)

[Bryan Horstmann-Allen <bdha%mirrorshades.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/44216; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bryan Horstmann-Allen <bdha%mirrorshades.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: solaris-pkg-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, bda%mirrorshades.net@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/44216 (mail/postfix requires NIS which does not exist on
        Solaris builds over b130)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:20:33 -0500

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 | On 2010-12-29 01:30:06, David Holland wrote:
 | 
 |  On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 06:10:06PM +0000, Bryan Horstmann-Allen wrote:
 |   >  It would probably be better to somehow test for the existence of NIS 
rather
 |   >  than relying on build names. :\
 |  
 |  Would it work to check for the existence of a e.g. ypwhich executable?
 
 Unfortunately not:
 
 # uname -a
 SunOS siege 5.11 snv_151a i86pc i386 i86pc
 # which ypwhich
 /bin/ypwhich
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