Re: [Gm2] Any word on Solaris/Intel?

[Gaius Mulley]

Gaius Mulley <address@hidden> writes:

> john o goyo <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Gaius:
>>
>> Any word on building gm2-4.7.3 on Solaris/Intel?
>>
>> john
>
> Hi John,
>
> I tried installing Solaris - and became stuck.  So have had to delete
> the image and I'm now proceeding using a command line approach and a
> walkthough with screenshots!  I'm installing the full system - so hope
> that it will be enough to get gcc built.  I've not used Solaris for 20
> years, so I'm having to lookup all the install/admin commands.
>
> VM ware is pretty useful though - in the process I've built gm2 under
> the i386 debian.  Will be using vmware in the future for building gm2 on
> different OS.
>
> Will keep trying and keep you informed,
>
> regards,
> Gaius

Hi John,

better news - now have installed Solaris successfully and I'm now
installing many of the opencsw packages (currently installing gcc4core).
I can now ssh onto this machine - making development more natural!

regards,
Gaius