nimbuild should work again

lib/pure/sockets.nim

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 ## For OpenSSL support compile with ``-d:ssl``. When using SSL be aware that
 ## most functions will then raise ``ESSL`` on SSL errors.
 
+when hostos == "solaris":
+  {.passl: "-lsocket -lnsl".}
+
 import os, parseutils
 from times import epochTime
 
@@ -24,9 +27,6 @@ when defined(Windows):
   import winlean
 else:
   import posix
-  
-  when defined(solaris):
-    {.passl: "-lsocket -lnsl".}
 
 # Note: The enumerations are mapped to Window's constants.
 

lib/system.nim

@@ -1671,7 +1671,6 @@ proc debugEcho*[T](x: varargs[T, `$`]) {.magic: "Echo", noSideEffect.}
 template newException*(exceptn: typeDesc, message: string): expr =
   ## creates an exception object of type ``exceptn`` and sets its ``msg`` field
   ## to `message`. Returns the new exception object.
-  # block: # open a new scope
   var
     e: ref exceptn
   new(e)