Dennis Clarke a écrit :
I have been watching this closely and thinking "what about Solaris 8 and Solaris 9" which both have 32-bit x86 and both can run on 32-bit Sparc hardware just fine?
It's different. The test is specifically for S10, and it's only on S10 that you want to replace existing files. S8 & S9 do not include IP Filter. If there's nothing to replace, there no risk writing directly in /usr/sbin rather than /usr/sbin/i86. The packaging actually takes care of that.
I am not sure what happens if a person attempts a build on Solaris 8 x86 and then relies on the ABI to provide upward compatibility. I think .. no way will that work.
And it wouldn't be efficient, even if it worked. IP Filter is improving by using the new API introduced in the latter version.
This sort of machine would be an issue :
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I would think that the lowest common denominator is still a 32-bit build targeted for the i486 processor.
But this is an optimization issue. It doesn't really matter. You can optimize your build for your specific processor, and still put it in an i86/ subdir.
I am in the same boat here. Plus I have Solaris 8 to contend with.
I can't check anymore, but I think it'd work there. Laurent -- / Leader de Projet & Communauté | I'm working, but not speaking for \ G11N http://fr.opensolaris.org | Bull Services http://www.bull.com / FOSUG http://guses.org |
