[csw-maintainers] Why do I get V8+ binaries?

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Sun Sep 6 22:19:45 CEST 2009


Hi Jürgen,

Am 05.09.2009 um 21:34 schrieb Juergen Arndt:
> when compiling spine (checked in into subversion) on Solaris 8  
> sparc, the binary which is created is a V8+ binary. So my questions  
> are:
>
> (1) Why it becomes a V8+? I cannot find a reason for that.
> (2) Is this a critical thing or can I ignore it?

It is sort of critical as the binaries are then no longer runnable on  
all
machines supported by Solaris 8. However, as we officially deprecated
Solaris 8 this is not really bad, but still a Good Thing(tm) to do.


Best regards

   -- Dago


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