Re: [Gm2] gm2-1.1.3 has been released

[Gaius Mulley]

John Long <address@hidden> writes:

>> many thanks for the offer - will follow up OpenCSW - I'm currently also
>> downloading solaris-11.2 from Oracle - and try this under vmware,
>
> Solaris 11 only runs on fairly recent SPARC servers that most individiuals
> are not going to have. For example it doesn't run on sparc4u which includes
> Sun Blades, Sun Fire V servers and tons of commonly-owned boxes.
>
> Solaris 10 Intel under VMWare would probably be more helpful than Solaris 11
> under VMWare but at any rate you need real hardware to test the SPARC
> version. Surprisingly there are still minor differences that catch us once
> in a while. However we might get lucky and you'll solve the problem on
> Solaris 10 Intel for both platforms.
>
> Thanks,
>
> /jl

Hi John,

ah thanks for the heads up - I'll try Solaris 10 instead!

regards,
Gaius