Solaris version number stew

[dave at dpallan.com (David Allan)]

What's the general take on gcc for Solaris?  I know the C compiler that
ships isn't great, and you can buy a better one from Sun, but I've used
gcc to build stuff and it seems ok.  I'm no programmer, though.

Dave

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote:

> A bit off topic but I heard you could install Solaris 8 over a previous
> version and not have to reboot to get the new kernel to take effect.
> Anyone know if thats true?  Sounded pretty cool to me.
>
> I ussually find www.sunhelp.org very helpful - I don't if that says alot
> or little.  I figured I would mention it.
>
> Although your budget sounds large if you need GNU code prebuilt I ussually
> use www.sunfreeware.com - you proberly know this already, but figured I
> would pass it on anyways.  They have GCC pre built there.
>
> Good luck with it,
> Anthony
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David Kramer wrote:
>
> > My next project at work will be porting our application from Solaris 7 to
> > Solaris 8.  Mind you, I'm not a Sun expert, and have not tried it yet
> > (hardware is on order).
> >
> > I'm looking for information on the difference between the two from a C/C++
> > software developer's perspective.  And, of course, the differences between
> > our existing compiler (Visual C++ 2.4) and whatever version comes with
> > Solaris 8 (or is the newest stable version).
> >
> > Any information would be greatly appreciated, but links to documentation
> > is just as welcome.  I'm not afraid of work, I just didn't have much luck
> > scouring Sun's website for porting documentation.
> >
> > Another question, which should be a lot easier to answer: I'm getting very
> > confused by the multiple version numbers for the same release of
> > Solaris/SunOS.  It's really impeding my ability to do research.
> >
> > My understanding is that
> > 2.6   =   2.6
> > 5.7   =   Solaris 7, but some people call it 2.7
> > 5.8   =   Solaris 8, but some people call it 2.8
> > But I have seen references to a 4.x series too.  Can someone point me
> > towards a Rosetta Stone or babelfish?  Also, what version of the  C++
> > compiler comes with each of these?  I think we are currently using visual
> > C++ 4.2.
> >
> > P.S.- I thought there would have been more Sun/Solaris newsgroups, but I
> > only found a few global ones.
> >
> > TIA.
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