Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I had to make a guess, the points below point out what problems you
> are having:
>
> * Specific hardware or device support is only available on Solaris
> Express, and not yet available to OpenSolaris
I would need to test on different HW too for this reason.
> * Specific software that is needed to run Solaris binaries (such as
> libm) you do not have redistribution rights for, so you cannot run
> some binaries on an OpenSolaris based distribution without hacking
> your own libm. There are probably other programs and libraries that
> you need the redistribution rights for but do not have as well.
There are a lot of missing libraries and I have a list on my blog
since 2 weeks.
> * Specific software needed for software development (such as the make
> program that comes with Solaris) you do not have redistribution rights
> for, and this causes a problem in that you are unable to build much of
> the software that is available for Solaris because your own make
> program (smake I believe) is fully standards compliant while SUN's
> make program is not
My smake meanwhile seems to create less problems than Sun make in a
global view. There are packages even that would need GNU make if there
was no smake.
> I think I understand somewhat, but only because of assumptions. The
> thing is, you already know all of the problems, so wouldn't it be
> better for the community if you posted what they where so they could
> be addressed? There is no guarantee that I or others will find all of
> the same issues that you have found. Your knowledge is valuable to the
> community, so please share it. Am I correct in my analysis?
I tried to start such a discussion several times to no avail.
It seems that I was too early and other people did not yet understand the
problems.
Jörg
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