[ILUG] Solaris a requirement?

[Declan Moriarty]

On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 17:31 +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> 
> > stupid errors. The tutorials have a 'make' in them and these fail 
> > late in the day for want of libstdc++.so.6 :-/. That's symptomatic 
> > of something losing the head altogether. Needless to say, 
> > libstdc++.so.6 is present & correct and ldconfig is run in all 
> > dangers temptations and afflictions.
> 
> I dont quite understand. What do you have? A binary-only application 
> or source code?

Both. I have Scientific Linux (rhel in disguise) with the rpms, kde,
gnome, etc. to drag myself kicking & screaming into the 21st
century ;-). I also have the lean 'n' mean LFS. Lean mainly because I
didn't bother finishing details. LFS has the source, and S.L. has the
rpms.
> 
> The C++ ABI is too unstable to remain compatible even between 
> different releases of GNU libstdc++ (or compilers), never mind across 
> completely different libstdc++'s.
> 
> > functions and there is an overall package installer. This VHDL 
> > (Very high speed Hardware Description Language)
> 
> Verilog HDL surely..

These are expanding instruction sets. Verilog and vhdl are usually
regarded as separate languages, as someone wrote a standard for vhdl
that is being expanded in different directions by competing
corporations. This has an interpeter to go from vhdl to a subset of it
which the whole package uses. I believe you can also save as verilog. In
fact looking at the FAQ, they give verilog and vhdl separate file
extensions. I really think I need "vhdl for dummies", but would settle
for "Verilog for dummies" if anyone has a copy of either ;-).

> 
> > The only down loadable solaris 10 I can find is 64 bit or sparc 
> > based. It somehow had never occurred to me to BUY Solaris.
> 
> Solaris 10 is free to use, but you need to register to download it. 
> See:
> 
>  	http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
> 
> There is no seperate version for 32bit or 64bit x86. Same OS for 
> both.
> 
> I think there are bittorrent downloads available for Solaris Express, 
> ie the development releases of Solaris.

Yes, I _finally_ copped on to that and have the downloads going. 2x490MB
zips for a dvd. Interesting.