In article <[email protected]>,
 Harlan Stenn <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>> In article <[email protected]>, Joseph 
> >>> Gwinn <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Joseph> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Danny Mayer)
> Joseph> wrote:
> 
> Danny> NTP v4 builds on most versions of Solaris. If for some reason it does
> Danny> not build, Harlan can help with that since he's the build master. We
> Danny> have Solaris boxes in the build farm.
> 
> I have access to a number of older versions of solaris for build testing.  I
> have no idea now many people are running on these older OSes, but if there
> was a problem I believe I would have heard about it.

I imagine so.


> Joseph> What's the story for IBM's AIX?
> 
> I have access to some AIX boxes for build testing.  I generally do not have
> access to these boxes for runtime testing.

No runtime testing?  That's not good.  But you'll no doubt hear when 
there's trouble.

What AIX version and Technology Level (~=patch level) have been used to 
build NTPv4?

 
> One of the goals of the NTP Forum is to produce a diverse operational ntp
> build and test farm.  This goal will be realized if a sufficient number of
> organizations join the NTP Forum.
> 
> >> > Version 3 is AT LEAST six years old.  V4.something is current.  Vendors
> >> > are still shipping V3 because the RFC for V4 has not yet been formally
> >> > adopted.  Or, if it has been adopted, the adoption is extremely recent.
> 
> NTPv3 was an RFC, but never a Standard.
> 
> NTPv4 is, I believe, close to becoming a Standard.
> 
> Joseph> I have read at least one draft.  The fact that it isn't yet a RFC is
> Joseph> not a problem.
> 
> Good.
> 
> >> > If you have a C compiler, you can download the source and build it >
> >> yourself.  If you don't have a C compiler you can download GCC for free.
> >> 
> >> We use gcc for our Solaris builds.
> 
> Joseph> Also good to know, so I'll know better than to use the Sun compiler
> Joseph> (not that it's bad, but that it isn't what's been worked through
> Joseph> with NTP).
> 
> I have platforms where I only use native compilers and not gcc.
> 
> Again, these are build platforms, not operational test platforms.

Yes.  The context of the question was if I had to compile NTP from 
source, for whatever reason.  Taming another toolchain is not something 
I would look forward to.


> And again, if there was a problem I believe I would have heard about it.

Oh yes.  The bullseye is invisible, but always there.


Joe Gwinn

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