From: Jason Riedy <ejr@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:35:48 GMT
Subject: Re: If NEEDS_LIBICONV is set for Solaris 8, it does not build git for me
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In-Reply-To: <7v8x98qc3k.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

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