git and Solaris 8

Sven Verdoolaege· Sep 18, 2006, 13:41 UTC · lore

Commits 2fd955cc0b49de9e64b2f073ce76033975f0be24 and e15f545155bb4b2cad4475a25cad8fb576d37dee seem to contradict each other. The first claims that NEEDS_LIBICONV is needed on Solaris 10, while the second claims that it is not needed on Solaris 9 and up.

All I know is that I have a Solaris *8* machine here and that I _don't_ need NEEDS_LIBICONV. There is no -liconv on this machine. (I'm CC'ing Uwe, because he apparently also has access to a Solaris 8 machine).

So is the current setting correct on some versions of Solaris 8 and if so, is there some way to change this setting from the command line ?

Btw, like Uwe, I also don't have a "gtar" and "ginstall" on this machine.

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Paul Jakma· Sep 18, 2006, 14:05 UTC · re: Sven Verdoolaege · lore

Re: git and Solaris 8

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Sven Verdoolaege wrote:

> All I know is that I have a Solaris *8* machine here and that I 
> _don't_ need NEEDS_LIBICONV.  There is no -liconv on this machine. 
> (I'm CC'ing Uwe, because he apparently also has access to a Solaris 
> 8 machine).

I tested on S10, SNV (probably somewhere around SNV_14, can't quite remember) and S9 (whichever the latest update was). None need -liconv, it's a build error on S10 (which was the one I cared about).

I can dig into the Iconv situation further later in the week, or next. I am away from home at moment.

> So is the current setting correct on some versions of Solaris 8 and 
> if so, is there some way to change this setting from the command 
> line ?

I couldn't find an S8 machine to test on, so I left S8 alone - existing behaviour, I had no basis to judge it incorrect. S8 is /really/ old now btw. ;)

> Btw, like Uwe, I also don't have a "gtar" and "ginstall" on this machine.

S10, maybe S9 too (not sure), install these to /usr/sfw/bin, if you installed everything.

regards,

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