On 09/08/13 23:51, Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński wrote: > 2013/9/8 Riccardo Mottola <rmott...@opencsw.org>: >> Hi, >> >> >> On 09/07/13 17:57, Maciej (Matchek) BliziÅ„ski wrote: >>> >>> 2013/9/7 Riccardo Mottola <rmott...@opencsw.org> >>>> >>>> Are there reliable #ifdef's for identifying solaris? and then, in case, >>>> its versions? I need certain workaround for solaris and, furthermore some >>>> are needed only for solaris 8/9, but no longer in 10+. (I'm struggling with >>>> the missing stdint.h and the incomplete inttypes.h) >>> >>> Why not have a ./configure test for the exact feature or bug you're >>> interested in detecting, and an own #define? >> >> First, not everything is easy to check, also these tests need to work on >> non-solaris platforms. Perhaps you do have some ready tests? >> The first problem is checking for stdint.h: that's easy, the alternative is >> inttypes. But then checking for various macros, some of those are defined >> "blank" on solaris 8/9, not just undefined. (MIN/MAX limits, PRTuPTR and >> that kind of stuff). > > If you could describe here an example of a test that doesn't look > easy, maybe someone would chime in with a hint. Is your code available > to be viewed? If not, can you post a snippet that breaks? > >> Furthermore, configure is easy for a program, but more difficult to use for >> a library, a Framework where you install headers, because you don't install >> config.h, or at least so I understand it. > > It's possible. You do install config.h, giving it either a unique name > such as project-config.h or putting it into a project-specific > directory. > > http://www.openismus.com/documents/linux/building_libraries/building_libraries#installingheaders > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1810216/autoconf-where-does-config-h-go > which links to: > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_prefix_config_h.html
To make long story short: On Solaris, gcc and sunstudio(?) #defines "sun" and gcc defines also "__sun" so #if defined(sun) || defined(__sun) ... #endif will compile block on Solaris plarform. More information: http://nadeausoftware.com/articles/2012/01/c_c_tip_how_use_compiler_predefined_macros_detect_operating_system -- Juraj Lutter <wilb...@opencsw.org> _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list maintainers@lists.opencsw.org https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.