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<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span
class="ryNqvb">I built GCC 6.5 from source on Solaris 10
(latest release update 1/13) just a couple of months ago.</span></span>
<span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">It builds
without any problems with the latest libraries from OpenCSW
and on the first try.</span></span> <span
class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Version 6.5 already
supports C++17 (partially) with an explicit specification of
the standard (-std=c++17).</span></span> <span
class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">I studied the issue
and found out that it is possible to build GCC up to version
9.5 on Solaris 10 and the only reason why I did not do this
was compatibility with already built packages on my setups.</span></span>
<span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">At the moment,
native compatibility with C++14 is enough for me.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz"><span
class="ryNqvb">Unfortunately, I was unable to compile Perl
version 5.40 as easily and effortlessly due to a stupid
error with the UTF8 locale.</span></span> <span
class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">I have not yet found
and written a comprehensive guide to this build.</span></span>
<span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">Unlike GCC.</span></span><span
class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">
You could say that this is also a hobby for me (albeit a
forced one).</span></span> <span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span
class="ryNqvb">True, my hardware is somewhat younger, it is
only fourteen years old )</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span
class="ryNqvb">By the way, I haven't looked into the issue
in depth, but I heard that GCC has returned support for
SPARC processors to compilers of versions later than 9.
However, I'm not entirely sure about full compatibility with
Solaris 10 libC, as Solaris 10 support was declared to be
discontinued _after_ version 9. However, version 9.5 should
be supported and I hope, if I have some free time, to run a
test build on my build environment - just for show.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span
class="ryNqvb">AFAIK, GCC 9 is fully compatible with
C11/C++17.<br>
</span></span></span></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">04.01.2025 23:29, Jonathan Cox via
users пишет:<br>
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<div dir="auto">By the way, I invested quite a bit of time
recently building new packages for Solaris 10 SPARC, including
Python, SDL, Numpy, Geany and many others. I took detailed notes
and had a fair amount of success, although I wasn't able to
figure out how to build newer versions of GCC. This became a
limiting factor because many open source projects, especially
anything GNU, have moved to C++17 and even newer versions (for
no apparent reason, as far as I can tell). </div>
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<div dir="auto">I did inquire about releasing my builds in the
OpenCSW repository, but I never got a response.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I am interested in how to compile GCC 9 for
Solaris 10, as well as generating these updated packages on
OpenCSW.</div>
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<div dir="auto">It's really a hobby, I'm not doing this because
I'm constrained to 25 year old hardware...</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 4, 2025 9:33:43 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Ben Walton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bwalton@opencsw.org"><bwalton@opencsw.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Time for some updates</font>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat 4 Jan 2025,
14:58 Yuri via users, <<a
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<p><span lang="en"><span><span>Gentlemen, don't you
think it's time for some updates?</span></span><br>
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<p><span lang="en"><span><span>For example, Perl.</span></span>
<span><span>It's too old, 14 years is a bit too
much to run most of the CPAN modules. Or GCC.</span></span>
<span><span>I'd like to see at least 6.5 in 2024.
Or openvpn.</span></span> <span>
<span>The current version is outdated.</span></span>
<span><span><br>
</span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en"><span><span>Redis is generally
archaic, given that 5.0.14 is built from
sources on Solaris 10 without any problems.</span></span>
<br>
</span></p>
<p><span lang="en"><span><span>I understand that the
problem of maintainers has not gone away and
in general - if you want something, build it
yourself.</span></span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span lang="en"><span><span>But let's at least
refresh Perl and GCC a little, okay?</span></span>
<span><span>They are hopelessly ancient. If I can
build a compiler from sources myself,
whichever I like, then I couldn't build Perl.</span></span>
<span><span>Not with any attempt.</span></span></span></p>
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<div dir="auto">I think you already understand the problem
here. The people that were investing their time in this
aren't doing that much anymore because they've moved on.
It's been a long time since I logged into any Solaris
machine at this point and it's unlikely I will in the
future. If I do, it's very unlikely to be building software
on it. I think many other folks are in a similar position
because they are scratching different itches in different
technical contexts. Not everyone has moved on, but those
still here seemingly don't have a need to update these
packages.</div>
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<div dir="auto">If you need these, I suggest you roll up your
sleeves. Dago can still get you access to the build farm
where you'd have a pretty straight forward path to building
the updated packages you want.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I know this doesn't actually help you, but at
least it confirms your suspicion. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks</div>
<div dir="auto">-Ben </div>
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<p><span lang="en"><span><span>Maybe there are newer
versions posted somewhere and I just don't see
them?</span></span>
<span><span>For example, in unstable or testing?</span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en"><span><span>WBR, Yuri<br>
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