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diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README index decdd1f9eb3..eae79101e0b 100644 --- a/Build/source/README +++ b/Build/source/README @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ README* files here (which are generated from that document). Build information for some of the platforms. -i386-linux: gcc 4.8.2, Linux 2.6.18-* (CentOS 5.10, tug.org:~karl/bin/mybuild) +i386-linux: gcc 4.9.2, Linux 2.6.18-* (CentOS 5.10, tug.org:~karl/bin/mybuild) Except for dvisvgm, where we must use the system compiler (gcc 4.1.2, Red Hat 4.1.2-54) or libgs.so crashes trying to use gcc 4.8.2's libstdc++. On the other hand, the system compiler has an optimization @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ powerpc-linux (Debian Squeeze) ppc64 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (only the kernel is 64bit, the entire userland is 32bit) -sparc-solaris: gcc-4.5.0, Solaris 5.10 (Utah). +sparc-solaris: Solaris 10, gcc. Detailed wget/xz info in doc/README.solaris. universal-darwin, x86_64-darwin: a menagerie of versions. See Master/source/mactexdoc.tar.xz. diff --git a/Build/source/README.solaris b/Build/source/doc/README.solaris index 238aa3e287c..7aa91d76f96 100644 --- a/Build/source/README.solaris +++ b/Build/source/doc/README.solaris @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ +(This file public domain. Originally written by Mojca Miklavec, 2015.) + Compiling TeX binaries on Solaris -(The document describes the procedures used on Sparc Solaris binaries, but the same -rules should apply to i386 and x86_64 as well.) +(The document describes the procedures used on Sparc Solaris binaries, +but the same rules should apply to i386 and x86_64 as well.) -Solaris 9 has been out of official support for a while and making software compile -on that platform is challenging, so it hardly make any sense to try to support it. +Solaris 9 has been out of official support for a while and making +software compile on that platform is challenging, so it hardly make any +sense to try to support it. -Solaris 10 reaches end of support in January 2021. +Solaris 10 reaches end of support in January 2021: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)#Version_history -an TeX Live binaries try to stay compatible with that OS version. +and TeX Live binaries try to stay compatible with that OS version. Every once in a while a new Update is shipped: U1 2006-01 @@ -22,7 +25,8 @@ Every once in a while a new Update is shipped: U9 2010-09 U10 2011-08 U11 2013-01 -and the problem is that binaries compiled on an updated system might not run on an older one. +and the problem is that binaries compiled on an updated system might not +run on an older one. You can check the libc version with > pvs -no /usr/lib/libc.so @@ -46,7 +50,8 @@ useless on older Updates of Solaris 10 as it would depend on SUNW_1.22.7. One option to build wget in a "compatible way" would be to build it on Solaris 9 with "cc". The other hack is the usage of map files. -To make it work on older systems the following hack was used (thanks to the OpenCSW community): +To make it work on older systems the following hack was used (thanks to +the OpenCSW community): https://buildfarm.opencsw.org/source/xref/opencsw/csw/mgar/pkg/wget/trunk/files/map.wget > cat mapfile @@ -74,11 +79,14 @@ The binary was built with gcc 4.9.2. GNU Wget 1.16.3 built on solaris2.10. +digest -https +ipv6 -iri +large-file -nls -ntlm +opie -psl -ssl +(That list of configure options is current as of the above version of +wget; not all those dependencies are present in earlier versions.) + Building xz =========== -The version 5.2.1 of xz would likewise depend on SUNW_1.22.6 by default, so -we used the same hack with a map file to make it work on slightly older +The xz binaries would likewise depend on SUNW_1.22.6 by default, so we +used the same hack with a map file to make it work on slightly older systems. > export LD_OPTIONS="-M $PWD/mapfile" @@ -91,7 +99,5 @@ systems. > pvs Master/tlpkg/installer/xz/xzdec.sparc-solaris libc.so.1 (SUNW_1.22); - -In case that binaries should run on even older systems, users should report -problems and we can target even older systems by patching the mapfile. - +If users need binaries to run on even older systems, we can target what +is desired by changing the map file. |