Re: Looking for info on Solaris 7 (SPARC) specific considerations

From: Gunnar R|nning <gunnar(at)candleweb(dot)no>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Frank Joerdens <frank(at)joerdens(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Looking for info on Solaris 7 (SPARC) specific considerations
Date: 2001-01-23 18:07:28
Message-ID: x6wvbm3zxb.fsf@thor.candleweb.no
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> > sparc_solaris - SUN SPARC on Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1
>
> After you build PG and test it, send us a port report, and we'll add
> Solaris 7 to the list of recently tested platforms. That's how it
> works ...
>

We've had client running pgsql 7.0 on Solaris 7 since early May 2000. No
problems at all.

> > Would I use gcc or the native Sun
> > compiler (how do you control that anyway)?
>
> Try 'em both --- set CC environment variable before running configure
> to control configure's choice of compiler.

Most Solaris 7 installations I've seen come without the Sun compiler as
standard, so gcc is probably your safest bet. You probably have to
/usr/ccs/bin to your path to get ar and friends.

regards,

Gunnar

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