On 1/12/2009 4:13 PM, Chris Quenelle wrote: > Torrey McMahon wrote: > >> Doesn't the method by which you deal with parallel delivery of packages, >> be it gcc or sunstudio, and any linking impact the install location and >> default path? >> > > There is no "default path" because this is a bundled component, > the path that we choose will be hard-wired for this delivery > of the bits. It was probably a mistake to use "Sun Studio" in > the name of this ARC case, because the delivery is separate from > the official "Sun Studio" product per-se. > > The answer to your question is yes. The impact is this: > If we want to support parallel delivery of multiple versions > of Sun Studio Express, then we'll need to use a version specific > name for the path. The same decision applies to parallel install > of SS12 and SSX. The case proposes to use a fully-distinguished > path (including version number). This leaves our options open > to support parallel installs in whatever form we choose without > committing us to do so. > > Any feedback for or against parallel installs of Sun compilers > would be appreciated. Might we want both SS11 and SS12 in Nevada > at the same time? Or in Solaris 10?
I might be asking a lot here but it would be nice if there was some CLI/GUI widget that lists all of the relevant versions and lets a user select the one they want to be their preferred version. Netbeans has something like that last I checked though it's product specific.
