Joerg Schilling wrote: >Alan DuBoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>No system to date is without sacrifice in some way for Solaris. I'd like >>to hear a lot more of how we can make Solaris be itself. I mean this in >>regards to pkgsrc wanting things in /usr/pkg, belenix wanting /usr/foss, >>and even Solaris using /usr/sfw...or duplication of libs running wild >>amongst the community, and even the gcc vs. SunStudio ABI situation with >>c++ code. This cross-ABI problem seems to bite us hard. Maybe the idea >>that our community can work together as a whole is merely a dream. >> >> > >I believe that the C++ ABI problem cannot be soved as this would force at >least >(all -1) compiler authors to completely change their internal compiler source >structures. > >What we can do for the problem? > >- Use as many pure C ABIs as possible > >- Create something like /usr/lib/gcc/ > to document the fact that the libraries inside are not compatible > with the Sun compiler C++ ABI > > > The Studio team are working on gcc ABI compatibility. With the source compatibility already in place, Studio CC may well end up as a drop in replacement for gcc.
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