Andrew under Solaris 2.x ?

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4 total messages Started by Ted Goldblatt Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:56

#1920

Author: Ted Goldblatt
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:56

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I'm interested in running Andrew on a SparcClassic, which
means under Solaris 2.x (a :-(, I think, but maybe I'm wrong).
I just started reading this group and I thought I saw a comment 
implying that Andrew had not yet been ported to run in this 
environment.  Is this true?  (If it helps, we will (I believe)
be running X11R5, not OpenWindows (am I getting all of
my mixed caps right?))

If it doesn't yet run under Solaris 2.x, is anyone working
on a port, and are there any guesses as to availability?

Thanx!

ted
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Ted Goldblatt    ted@telematics.com     (305) 351-4367
    Telematics Intl., Inc.   Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Re: Andrew under Solaris 2.x ?

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Author: Bill Cattey
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 17:22

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This month I will be finding out why EZ compiled for SunOS 4.1.2 core
dumps when run in Binary Compatibility mode under Solaris2.

I'll be interested in email exchange with anyone else doing Solaris2 work.

-wdc

Re: Andrew under Solaris 2.x ?

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Author: Guy Harris
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:31

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>This month I will be finding out why EZ compiled for SunOS 4.1.2 core
>dumps when run in Binary Compatibility mode under Solaris2.

It works fine for me, although it could be working here because of some
of the hacks I've added.

Note, though, that *other* applications won't work because, apparently,
the binary-compatibility-mode run-time linker appears not to allow
run-time dynamic loading (with "dlopen()") of shareable objects from
SunOS 4.x.

As such, a real port may be necessary.

>I'll be interested in email exchange with anyone else doing Solaris2 work.

If anybody's doing such a port, they should note that:

	1) the main reason I wrote a version of the "class" dynamic
	   loader that sat atop "-ldl" was to prevent somebody from
	   writing a version that understood ELF images - SVR4 has
	   "-ldl" also (actually, AT&T invented the API for it, and Sun
	   picked it up for 4.1[.x]).

	2) the pseudo-tty mechanism is different.

	3) the net result of such a port may, if done right, amount not
	   just to a Solaris 2.x port, but to a generic SVR4 port.

Re: Andrew under Solaris 2.x ?

#1924

Author: Vance Shipley
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 08:54

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In article <16288@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:

>	3) the net result of such a port may, if done right, amount not
>	   just to a Solaris 2.x port, but to a generic SVR4 port.

This would be nice :).  I'd dearly love to have Andrew on my SCO ODT boxes.

-- 
Vance Shipley 
vances@xenitec.on.ca         vances@switchview.com         vances@ltg.uucp

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