From 2637fa19f49c93e1cbdebaae0a1c8c76cd6c52d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 23:49:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Solaris install section to note that we rely on the Nmap community to help maintain Nmap's support of this platform. --- docs/nmap-install.xml | 25 ++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml index ca9c58682..7be9de4af 100644 --- a/docs/nmap-install.xml +++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml @@ -1232,21 +1232,16 @@ chapter referenced above. Sun SolarisSolaris Oracle SolarisSolaris -Solaris has long been well-supported by Nmap. Sun even donated a complete SPARCstation to the project, which is still being used to test new Nmap builds. For this reason, many Solaris users compile and install from source code as described in . - -Users who prefer native Solaris packages will be pleased to -learn that -Steven ChristensenChristensen, Steven -does an excellent job of maintaining -Nmap packages at for all modern Solaris versions and architectures. Instructions are -on his site, and are generally very simple: download the -appropriate Nmap package for your version -of Solaris, decompress it, and then run pkgadd -d packagename. -As is generally the case with contributed binary packages, these -Solaris packages are simple and quick to install. The advantages of -compiling from source are that a newer version may be available and -you have more flexibility in the build process. - +Solaris has long been well-supported by Nmap, though we rely +heavily on the Nmap community to help keep it that way. We recommend +compiling and installing Nmap from source as described in . If you have trouble, try sending a report +with full details to the nmap-dev mailing +listnmap-dev mailing +list, as described in . Also let us know if you develop a patch which +improves Solaris support so we can incorporate it into +Nmap for the benefit of other Solaris users. IBM AIX