On Fri, 29 May 2009 11:30:09 -0500, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > Steven Stallion wrote: >> Actually C++ is one of the more difficult areas of compatibility because >> g++ allows most developers to get away bloody murder (especially when it >> comes to template instantiation). >> >> Normally studio does fine with most packages, however there are a >> handful, >> particularly multimedia libraries which simply are not compatible with >> studio. To be completely honest, I would rather spend my time in ON >> rather >> than debug silly template issues. > > I'm aware of that. However... > > Be that as it may, I'm fairly certain that we had a policy that c++ > programs needed to compiled with Sun Studio. If you compile the > programs with g++ instead, Sun Studio users can't use them, and vice > versa. That severely limits the utility of packages that only deliver a > library.
Mind you, I'm no fan of GCC, but how is that the case? If we provide a Requires for the GCC runtime, there should be no issue with using a binary package compiled with the GCC toolchain. -- Yet magic and hierarchy arise from the same source, and this source has a null pointer. Reference the NULL within NULL, it is the gateway to all wizardry.
