Brian Cameron wrote:
> Moinak:
> 
> I would bet that those binaries were likely built with gcc, which
> wouldn't have any compile problems.  If we want to include these 
> programs in our default Solaris, they have to be built with
> Forte.  So that's what I'm working on.  I'd assume that if he was
> building with Forte, that he'd have gotten the Forte fixes into
> the codebase.  Unless we can get the code to compile by changing
> the compiler flags with Forte or something, we'll have to get
> some additional support in Forte for "flexible arrays".  Either
> that, or rewrite the code to work with Forte, if possible.
> 
> Brian
> 

As Alan has pointed out, it's ok to compile w/ gcc. We don't compile
libraries that offer C++ interfaces that way because they have no
ABI, however.

There are parts of SFW that use gcc because they really don't
want to compile any other way

- Bart


Bart Smaalders                  Solaris Kernel Performance
barts at cyber.eng.sun.com              http://blogs.sun.com/barts

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