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Re: SDL Interface Development
- From: Skeezics Boondoggle <skeezics at q7 dot com>
- To: Lincoln Peters <sampln at sbcglobal dot net>
- Cc: Xconq list <xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:22:09 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: SDL Interface Development
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> You should be able to run apt-get on Solaris, and use that to resolve
> the dependencies. I found a post on the Debian archives that indicates
> that apt-get will compile and run on Solaris, but I don't have Solaris
> so I can't vouch for it:
Well, for Solaris 2.6 and 7 I built extensive libraries of RPMs for
Solaris; I'm planning a complete Solaris 8 environment at home (since I
have a lot of older sun4d hardware that's EOL'ed after Sol8), and I've
played with 9 a bit at work, and now with 10 coming... I'm not sure if I
have the physical stamina needed to build full-blown RPM support for all
those platforms. 25 years of banging on keyboards is finally taking its
toll, and my hands ache just thinking about it.
I've used apt-get (with "Fink") on my son's Mac OS X box, and it seems
fine. But I'm not sure I want to bother with another packaging scheme for
Solaris. So,
Solaris native packages are slow and horrible;
RedHat started making RPM far too Linux-specific and annoying;
OpenPKG seemed like a good direction, but they made a bunch of
stupid/annoying decisions too;
The old "make install" route went out of vogue with SunOS4;
I really don't need to learn Yet Another Packaging System now,
because I'm too old/lazy/tired.
So, basically, I'm screwed. :-) Unless I want to rely on one of the Sun
freeware sites, and they never quite do things the way I like. Sigh.
For now, I'll just stick with RPM. When I get a free moment I'll try a
Solaris 7 build, and report back on how that goes.
-- Chris