Compiling iperf on Solaris 10 8/07 w/ Sun Studio 12 -- Errors

Question

/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2 (nocc-testjump) #> /usr/local/bin/make
/usr/local/bin/make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2'
Making all in compat
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2/compat'
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..  -I../include -I../include    -O2  -MT delay.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/delay.Tpo" -c -o delay.o delay.cpp; \
        then mv -f ".deps/delay.Tpo" ".deps/delay.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/delay.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:24,
                 from /usr/include/stdlib.h:22,
                 from ../include/headers.h:78,
                 from ../include/Timestamp.hpp:63,
                 from delay.cpp:53:
/usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:259: 'ctid_t' is used as a type, but is not defined
   as a type.
/usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:260: 'zoneid_t' is used as a type, but is not
   defined as a type.
/usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:390: 'ctid_t' is used as a type, but is not defined
   as a type.
/usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:391: 'zoneid_t' is used as a type, but is not
   defined as a type.
make[2]: *** [delay.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2/compat'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2
/var/tmp/iperf-2.0.2 (nocc-testjump) #> Any ideas why I'm getting this problem?

Answer 1

In general, if you are having a problem compiling Open Source code with Sun Studio, you need to try the community support portal for that code.
Start with the Iperf home page
[http://starplane.org/tooldoc/iperf/]
Often, Open Source code has been tried only with gcc, and won't build with other compilers without some effort.
If nobody else has tried using Sun Studio, you might need to do some debugging of configuration scripts and even source code.
The Iperf home page provides an address where you can report such problems.
In addition, older versions of autoconf and libtool don't work with Sun Studio, and can generate invalid makefiles. Be sure you have the current versions of both, if they are used by Iperf.