[geeks] 2 solaris 10 questions

Patrick Giagnocavo patrick at mail.zill.net
Fri Sep 24 10:26:23 CDT 2004


On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 11:07:07AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Solaris 10 on an Ultra 5, and have two questions.
> 
> 1. For Solaris 8 and 9 Sun had(has) a downloadable CD image of GNU tools, etc.
>    Is there one for Solaris 10? I know about other software sites, but the 
>     chance to get it all at once is very appealing. If not, will the Solaris
>     9 versions work ok? So far the Sol9 stuff I have tried worked.

Sun is claiming that anything compiled for Solaris 8 or 9 is
guaranteed to run on 10 (as long as it is not using weird unpublished
interfaces).

--Patrick



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