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authornia <nia@pkgsrc.org>2022-04-05 06:57:48 +0000
committernia <nia@pkgsrc.org>2022-04-05 06:57:48 +0000
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README.Solaris: further clarifications
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-$NetBSD: README.Solaris,v 1.21 2022/04/05 06:44:21 nia Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.Solaris,v 1.22 2022/04/05 06:57:48 nia Exp $
This README describes pkgsrc on a variety of Solaris-derived operating
systems. It corresponds to pkgsrc/platform/SunOS.mk. The relevant
operating systems are:
- - illumos (open-source fork, OpenIndiana, OmniOS, SmartOS, and others)
+ - illumos (open source fork, OpenIndiana, OmniOS, SmartOS, and others)
- Solaris (from Sun/Oracle, also Sun Solaris, Oracle Solaris)
- OpenSolaris (from Sun; superseded long ago by illumos)
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Prerequisites
You will need a working C compiler. The two known options are gcc and
Sun/Solaris Studio. gcc can come from the OS vendor, or other places.
-On some systems, there is only one feasible choice.
+On some systems, it may only be possible to use the vendor gcc, or
+there might be no vendor gcc available by default. In general, there's
+better support for gcc in third-party software, and much better support
+for gcc on illumos.
As with pkgsrc on other platforms, one should use the same compiler
family and ideally the same compiler version for building all packages.
@@ -39,10 +42,7 @@ C++ packages if you are using SunPro.
Solaris Zones:
-(It is not clear if this is really about zones, or is just a different
-prereq list for a particular variant.)
-
-If you are trying to bootstrap pkgsrc in a Solaris Zone then you will
+If you are trying to bootstrap pkgsrc in a Solaris 10 Zone then you will
need to install the following packages (assuming you will bootstrap using
Sun's gcc package):
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ Sun's gcc package):
- SUNWloc
- SUNWsndm
-Tested on OpenSolaris 5.11 snv_105 and pkgsrc bootstrap as at Jan 2009.
-
General
------