rick at rickmurphy.org writes:
> 1. Am I on the right listserv ? If not, could someone please provide a
> pointer to the right place ?
This list is for those working on the compilers and related tools used
to build OpenSolaris.
You may want to check out:
The SFW project:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/sfwnv/
sfwnv-discuss at opensolaris.org
The SFW project delivers software packages into OpenSolaris that's
built from other open sources.
The Companion project:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/companion/
companion-discuss at opensolaris.org
This project creates a separate DVD/repository for software that
isn't packaged with OpenSolaris, but is available for easy
download and install.
Blastwave:
http://www.blastwave.org/
Blastwave is an independent set of compiled freeware packages that
install on many versions of Solaris, from Solaris 8 up through
OpenSolaris.
> 2. If I am in the right place, my hardware is intel core 2 duo processor
> with plenty of memory and such with opensolaris snv_79b x86 64 with all
> the sun studio goodies.
> 3. I've run a few ./configure scripts in source distributions which seem
> to execute successfully, but when I execute make, or gmake they
> typically do not complete without errors. (Sorry, for being so general
> here, I will provide details once I know I'm in the right place)
That sounds like a general enough question that it could go on the
opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org list (which has a somewhat low S/N
ratio).
But you might get better support on one of the lists I mentioned
above.
> 4. If someone could provide a pointer to a place where I can bootstrap
> myself, I'll happily refer to that first, than narrow my questions so I
> don't drag ya'll down any earlier than I have to?
You may need to be specific about what sorts of problems you're
having. It could be as simple as incorrect or missing library paths
or packages on your system, or more complicated issues about porting
over software that wasn't really designed to be portable.
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