George Vasick wrote:
> Basabi Bhattacharya wrote:
>> Would like to know if there is any disadvantages in compiling
>> application/device drivers with Gcc (4.3.x) and running them on
>> OpenSoalris (128a) built with Sunstudio12. I'd assume that all debugging
>> tools (mdb and dtrace) should work as expected. I was able to compile
>> OpenSolaris with Gcc (SUNWgcc 3.4.3) but our sources are compiled with
>> Gcc 4.3.3 and would like to use that or upgrade that to 4.4.4.
>
> 3.4.3 is still the official GCC version used for building OpenSolaris. I
> am not aware that any testing has been done with 4.3.x yet.
Some work was needed (and I believe has all been integrated) to get ON
sources to be compatible with the gcc 4.x frontend used by the parfait
static analyzer for parsing the source. I don't believe anyone actually
verified the binaries produced by the gcc 4.x backend were usable though,
nor do I know of anyone making sure all the other consolidations were
buildable with gcc 4.x, though those based on external open source (SFW,
X, Desktop) are likely okay, at least in the components that are up to
date with an active upstream project.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
