thread signal problems

                        comments (anywhere in line, not just as the beginning).

 252.   [bug]           resolv.conf parser mishandled masks on sortlists.
                        It slso aborted when an unrecognised keyword was seen,
                        now it silently ignores the entire line.

shutdown, in hopes of clearing up the test failure in Solaris.

sockets and causing failures on some platforms

script

                        comments (anywhere in line, not just as the beginning).

 252.   [bug]           resolv.conf parser mishandled masks on sortlists.
                        It slso aborted when an unrecognised keyword was seen,
                        now it silently ignores the entire line.

test scripts

returns an exit status of exactly 1

causing the notify test to fail on all(?) platforms

a message to that effect

configuring them up; don't use whoami as it does not exist on solaris2.8

Fix out output

First try and use perl5, then perl, in setup.sh for xferquota.