Krenz von Leiberman wrote: > I am planning on using GCC 4.2.3 to develop a diverse set of applications. I > have already installed gcc4, and I have ss11 on my system. If I understand > correctly solaris 10 is built with ss11. Will I have compatibility issues > with applications/libraries that were compiled with two different compilers? > i.e. I upgrade a library using GCC4, but other sun apps depend on that > library, will there be ABI compatibility issues? I know this was the case in > Linux, when upgrading from gcc3 to gcc4, but I'm not sure about Solaris. > Thanks.
In general, for C libraries, the binary interfaces will be largely compatible. For C++, SS11 and SS12 will be compatible, but g++ and Sun C++ will not be compatible. --chris
