Michael B Allen wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a product that currently only runs on Linux and FreeBSD but I'd like > to port it to Solaris. > > My question is - if I compiled the code on OpenSolaris, would the resulting > binaries be portable across other Solaris systems? > > No. It might, but the chances of using something that's new to OpenSolaris are non-zero. The rule on (Open)Solaris is stick with the public APIs and build and test on the oldest version you wish to support. Note most of the Blastwave packages are built on Solaris 8 and they work on 8,9,10 and OpenSolaris.
> Ideally, I would like to use VMWare Server if possible as opposed to buying > some old hardware on Ebay. > Nothing wrong with that, or you could use Virtual Box on OpenSolaris. > Also, is there an architecture that is clearly dominating among Sparc, x86_64 > and i386 or must I do all three? > > If you want to sell to the (Open)Solaris market, pick a base OS release (probably Solaris 8 or 10, depending on whether you want 64 bit support on x86) and build Sparc and x86 versions. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
