On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:23:26AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Enrico Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> writes: > > | On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:12:16PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > >> > >> Q: Is that a sun provided solaris? > > > | Yes, latest solaris 10 also bundles gcc: > > > | $ pkginfo | grep gcc > | system SUNWgcc gcc - The GNU C compiler > | system SUNWgccruntime GCC Runtime libraries > > > > > >> Would I guess right in thinking that > >> that compiler is only for aimed at system stuff, and that if you > >> actually want to do C++ developemt getting a newer gcc is in fact quite > >> easy? > > > | Not so easy. You have to compile it yourself: > | http://blogs.sun.com/timc/entry/building_gcc_4_x_on > > > | Last time that I did that was for gcc 2.8.1, some years ago. Then, I > | used packages provided by http://www.sunfreeware.com/ until Sun bundled > | gcc with solaris. But only gcc 3.4.6 is currently available. > > I would found references to packaged or prebuilt at > http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html
Yep, but that redirects to the sunfreeware site where only gcc 3.4.6 is available. > But I must say if that is the most recent developemtn tools on solaris > it is hugely useless as a development platform (and I don't belive it > is). There must be something newer? http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/ but I would like to use gcc. -- Enrico
