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/
