Re: your mail
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Martin Buchholz wrote:
For the record, XEmacs builds just fine (for me :) on Solaris 2.5.1
and Solaris 2.6, with similar configurations (gcc 2.8, CFLAGS=-O3. mule)
If you're mixing Solaris' OpenWindows with a grafted-on X11R6, you can
expect surprises. Someone who runs such a configuration will have to
debug it. I've always figured that the whole point to running Solaris
was to get the (by now) reasonably stable, industry standard OS, and
not muck around too much with system components like X11.
Yeah, I used to build my own X11, but I'm running the standard Solaris
distribution (with current patches) now. That's why I'm wondering just
what is going on, since I no longer have my own X11R6 build hanging around
(I'll double check my local libraries this afternoon). The only even
slightly odd thing I'm doing is running OpenWindows instead of CDE, since
I prefer the standard X11 interface.
If you are the adventurous type, and native Solaris is too dull, why
not choose Linux/Sparc? Or at least Solaris 2.6, which comes with
X11R6, and a raft of cool new bugs?
Unfortunately, not an option (yet). I have to support 2.5.1 machines, so
need to have it on my desktop so I can test my software in the same
environment. (although I do run Linux/Intel at home -- and XEmacs
always builds fine for me there :-)
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