From cd141763e199542900d92ca0e82e5d17b7a33bac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sevan <sevan@pkgsrc.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 19:15:50 +0000
Subject: Remove Solaris section, bootstrap/README.Solaris provides extensive
 information

---
 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml | 111 +-----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 110 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
index d2611eca435..305879cb20d 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.95 2016/07/03 15:26:27 sevan Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.96 2016/07/03 19:15:50 sevan Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="platforms">
   <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
@@ -326,114 +326,5 @@ ICCBASE=                /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008
       libtool.</para>
 
     </sect2>
-
-    <sect2 id="solaris">
-      <title>Solaris</title>
-
-      <para>Solaris 2.6 through 10 are supported on both x86 and sparc.
-      You will need a working C compiler. Both gcc 4.5.3 and
-      Sun WorkShop 5 have been tested.</para>
-
-      <para>The following packages are required on Solaris 8 for the bootstrap
-      process and to build packages.</para>
-
-      <itemizedlist>
-	<listitem><para>SUNWsprot</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>SUNWarc</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>SUNWbtool</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>SUNWtoo</para></listitem>
-	<listitem><para>SUNWlibm</para></listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-
-      <para>Please note that the use of GNU binutils on Solaris is
-      <emphasis>not</emphasis> supported, as of June 2006.</para>
-
-      <para>Whichever compiler you use, please ensure the compiler tools and
-      your $prefix are in your <varname>PATH</varname>. This includes
-      <filename>/usr/ccs/{bin,lib}</filename>
-      and e.g. <filename>/usr/pkg/{bin,sbin}</filename>.</para>
-
-      <sect3 id="solaris-gcc-note">
-	<title>If you are using gcc</title>
-
-	<para>It makes life much simpler if you only use the same gcc consistently
-	for building all packages.</para>
-
-	<para>It is recommended that an external gcc be used only for bootstrapping,
-	then either build gcc from
-	<filename role="pkg">lang/gcc46</filename> or install a binary gcc
-	package, then remove gcc used during bootstrapping.</para>
-
-	<para>Binary packages of gcc can be found through <ulink
-	url="http://www.sunfreeware.com/"/>.</para>
-      </sect3>
-
-      <sect3 id="solaris-sun-workshop-note">
-	<title>If you are using Sun WorkShop</title>
-
-	<para>You will need at least the following packages installed (from WorkShop
-	5.0)</para>
-
-	<itemizedlist>
-	  <listitem><para>SPROcc
-	  - Sun WorkShop Compiler C 5.0</para></listitem>
-	  <listitem><para>SPROcpl
-	  - Sun WorkShop Compiler C++ 5.0</para></listitem>
-	  <listitem><para>SPROild
-	  - Sun WorkShop Incremental Linker</para></listitem>
-	  <listitem><para>SPROlang
-	  - Sun WorkShop Compilers common components</para></listitem>
-	</itemizedlist>
-
-	<para>You should set the following variables in your
-	&mk.conf; file:</para>
-
-<programlisting>
-CC=     cc
-CXX=    CC
-CPP=    cc -E
-CXXCPP= CC -E
-</programlisting>
-
-	<note><para>The <varname>CPP</varname> setting might break some
-	packages that use the C preprocessor for processing things other
-	than C source code.</para></note>
-
-      </sect3>
-      <sect3 id="solaris-sunpro-64">
-	<title>Building 64-bit binaries with SunPro</title>
-
-	<para>To build 64-bit packages, you just need to have the
-	following lines in your &mk.conf; file:</para>
-
-<programlisting>
-PKGSRC_COMPILER=        sunpro
-ABI=                    64
-</programlisting>
-
-	<note><para>This setting has been tested for the SPARC
-	architecture. Intel and AMD machines need some more
-	work.</para></note>
-
-      </sect3>
-      <sect3 id="plat.sunos.problems"><title>Common problems</title>
-
-      <para>Sometimes, when using <command>libtool</command>,
-      <filename>/bin/ksh</filename> crashes with a segmentation fault.
-      The workaround is to use another shell for the configure
-      scripts, for example by installing <filename
-      role="pkg">shells/bash</filename> and adding the following lines
-      to your &mk.conf;:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>
-CONFIG_SHELL=   ${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash
-WRAPPER_SHELL=  ${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash
-      </programlisting>
-
-      <para>Then, rebuild the <filename
-      role="pkg">devel/libtool-base</filename> package.</para>
-
-      </sect3>
-    </sect2>
   </sect1>
 </chapter>
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