I'm a confused as to which compiler to use for userland C/C++ on Open Indiana. There is no compiler installed. I vaguely recall that Sun had it's own compiler that it preferred to GCC. While looking around the Open Indiana website, I'm finding discussions of how or whether to use Sun Studio and various flavors of GCC to compile the kernel.
I'm not sure what to install, or what effect installing one compiler over another will have on my system. If I want to build software that will work on other people's systems, I don't know which compiler they'd be likely to use, or how to test that any C or C++ code I write would work for other Open Indiana users. Here's a page on the Illumos website desribing of a "common" build environment that makes me wonder which of these compilers listed is the best userland compiler to use. http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/Build+Environment Here is a long discussion of compilers from the beginning of the year. It is fascinating, but it does not seem to provide any direction. http://openindiana.org/pipermail/oi-dev/2012-January/001082.html For starters, I want to be able to build Node.js and compile Node.js modules that may include C/C++ code. I'd like to be able to explore DTrace once I have Node.js compiled. These instructions suggest installing gcc-3, but that compiler is rather old. http://instance.io/blog/compiling-node-js-and-npm-on-openindiana-oi_151 Any pointers on which compiler to use or how to manage multiple compilers? -- Alan Gutierrez - @bigeasy _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
