Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org> writes:
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.
I don't know what Dan's config is, but it's not just that I'm using
some grafted on X11R6 on top of OpenWindows, because without changing
any config, it works beautifully using gcc 2.7.2.x (as this message
shows). By the same token, why use gcc 2.8 when there's the wonderful
Sun cc for you to use (if you have the bucks)?
I do want to build with plain old Openwindows someday, but I'm to lazy
right now to change my setup so that this works.
"industry standard" is so vague as to be meaningless, especially when
there are other OS's out there like AIX, DEC, etc. (Not having used
any of these, I assume they're not identical to Solaris.)
:-) :-)
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?
Doesn't every piece of software come with cool new bugs?
Ray