On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:40 AM, John Beck <jbeck at eng.sun.com> wrote:
> Mike> The readme[1] says:
>
> Mike> Please note that the compiler that comes with the Solaris Developer
> Mike> Express release is Studio 12, which is not the standard compiler for
> Mike> OpenSolaris code. ?If you use Studio 12, you will need to set __SSNEXT
> Mike> to the null string in your environment file. ?Please do report problems
> Mike> with Studio 12, particularly if the problem goes away when you use
> Mike> Studio 11 (the current standard compiler).
>
> Mike> 1.http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b126/README.opensolaris
>
> Mike> But http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/downloads/on says:
>
> Mike> The Sun Studio Compilers (Recommended).
>
> Mike> * NOTE: Sun Studio 12 is required for building Nevada builds 100
> Mike> ? and higher.
> Mike> * Sun Studio 11 was required for building Build 45 through 99.
> Mike> * Builds prior to Build 45 used Sun Studio 10.
> Mike> * Note that the compiler that comes with the Solaris Developer
> Mike> ? Express release is Studio 12,
>
> Mike> This implies to me that the README needs to be updated.
>
> Yes, I believe that is correct: the README needs to be updated.
>
>
> Mike> Is it still required to use __SSNEXT?
>
> Not that I know of; I think that went away when we made the transition
> from SS11 to SS12 in build 100.
>
>
> Mike> If I'm trying to build using build 127 from the OpenSolaris dev
> Mike> repository, Is it best to use SunStudioExpress or sunstudio12.1?
>
> I don't know what SunStudioExpress is, so I'll answer without referring
> to it. ?Use SS12. ?Though FYI, we are hoping to migrate to SS12u1 in a
> few months (and have already begun with the prerequisite lint clean-up),
> but we do not yet have a schedule for exactly when that will occur.

Perhaps both of those pages should point to...

http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+tools/sun_studio_12_tools

So far this looks to be the most current of the various conflicting
information I can find.  It's just about enough to make me look into a
gcc only build...

-- 
Mike Gerdts
http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/

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