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Re: If NEEDS_LIBICONV is set for Solaris 8, it does not build git for me

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Jason Riedy <ejr@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date
Jul 23, 2007, 18:35 UTC
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And Junio C. Hamano writes:
>
> In a distant past when I built git on an otherwise unused Sol8
> at work I recall I needed that.  I do not think that machine
> used Forte compiler, though.

I didn't even know you could patch 5.8 enough to use that compiler version. I can't imagine what strange combinations of C89 and C99 features are available.

Luckily for me, I no longer have easy access to Solaris <9.
At some point, the crazy patch combinations need relegated to
each particular site's config.mak.  Solaris 8 has entered the
first "retirement phase", but new orders can include it for about
another month:
  http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/support/sol8.xml
Jason
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  1. Thomas GlanzmannJul 22, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2007
  3. Jason RiedyJul 23, 2007
  4. Thomas GlanzmannJul 23, 2007

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