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Re: AIX and Solaris

From: Mark Brown <bmark at us dot ibm dot com>
To: libc-ports at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:43:05 -0600
Subject: Re: AIX and Solaris
References: <8E460D1B58F94945A20AA70D4D41430D052DEC8D@ALPMLVEM08.e2k.ad.ge.com>

> I am interested to see if glibc is ported to Solaris 10 and AIX 5.3. Is
> this compatible with the native libc.

There is not a glibc port to AIX available.
AIX has an "unusual" set of shared library and linker-loader mechanisms,
making such a port difficult to do and maintain.

IBM has ported many GNU/FSF and other open source tools to AIX, available 
from here: 
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/

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Mark Brown   bmark(at)us.ibm.com

References:
- AIX and Solaris
  - From: Vardhan, Sundara (GE Infra, Energy)

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