[csw-maintainers] [csw-buildfarm] ClamAV 0.96 on Solaris9/10 - Intel

[Peter FELECAN]

Roger Håkansson <hson at opencsw.org> writes:

> On 2010-03-31 19:16, Peter FELECAN wrote:
>>>> gcc is not so OS bound (if you have specifics I'm eager to know them).
>>>
>>> Well, they have target-OS compiled into the binaries, i.e 'gcc -v'
>>> gives 'Target: i386-pc-solaris2.8' (on x86) regardless of actual OS
>>
>> That only a epiphenomena and doesn't imply a misfeature.
>
> Not in it self, no, but when others start using that as basis for
> optimizing/configuring their software things can go seriously
> wrong. I've seen several packages where they use the output from gcc
> to figure out which OS they are running and what features they can
> use.

Can you give one or more examples?

>>> Releasing separate packages should be easier than fixing the broken ones...
>>
>> The issue is only with fixing the includes and it can be done manually;
>> BTW, it *must* be done manually when you upgrade your system's
>> headers. Consequently, I don't see how releasing separate packages give a
>> better solution.
>
> Yes, fixing the includes should always be done regardless of whether
> its a multi-OS release or not. But I still argue that gcc is one of
> the packages where we should ship separate packages for each release.

What will solve that? Why? Arguments of the arguing, please.
-- 
Peter