Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-28 Thread Shawn Walker
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:13:55 -0700 > Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michael B Allen wrote: > > > But is there any way for a "civillian" to download Solaris 8 and Sun > > > Studio for free? > > >

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-28 Thread Michael B Allen
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:13:55 -0700 Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael B Allen wrote: > > But is there any way for a "civillian" to download Solaris 8 and Sun > > Studio for free? > > Solaris 10 is the oldest version available for free download and use. > > > I assume Solaris 8

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-28 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Michael B Allen wrote: > But is there any way for a "civillian" to download Solaris 8 and Sun > Studio for free? Solaris 10 is the oldest version available for free download and use. > I assume Solaris 8 runs on both x86_64 and i386? Or do I have to use 10 > to get x86_64 (for example)? Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-28 Thread Michael B Allen
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:10:50 +1200 Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 r

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Michael B Allen wrote: > My question is - if I compiled the code on OpenSolaris, would the resulting > binaries be portable across other Solaris systems? Not necessarily, depending on what libraries & functions you end up linking with - you may be using things not in older versions. The gener

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-26 Thread Ian Collins
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

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-26 Thread A Hettinger
Probibly, if you are planning on building with Sun Studio, you might notice that some bad practices that gcc permits, sun studio does not. If I were you, I would make my package for Solaris 10, as a number of people (myself included) have used packages from sunfreeware.com (which are built for 1

[osol-discuss] Solaris Compatibility - Developing Products for Solaris

2008-04-26 Thread Michael B Allen
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? Or parhaps someone can recommend a different strategy? Idea