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   1 # Compiling libpcap on Solaris and related OSes
   2
   3 * Autoconf works everywhere.
   4 * Neither Solaris lex nor Solaris yacc are suitable.
   5 * Neither illumos lex nor illumos yacc are suitable.
   6 * Solaris m4 and illumos m4 are suitable.
   7
   8 ## OmniOS r151042/AMD64
   9
  10 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  11 * CMake 3.23.1 works.
  12 * GCC 11.2.0 and Clang 14.0.3 work.
  13
  14 ## OpenIndiana 2021.04/AMD64
  15
  16 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.6 work.
  17 * CMake 3.21.1 works.
  18 * GCC 7.5.0 and GCC 10.3.0 work, Clang 9.0.1 works.
  19
  20 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  21 `OI-hipster-text-20210430.iso` plus the following packages:
  22 ```shell
  23 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  24 developer/build/autoconf
  25 developer/parser/bison
  26 developer/lexer/flex
  27 developer/build/cmake
  28 developer/gcc-10
  29 developer/clang-90
  30 ENDOFTEXT
  31 ```
  32
  33 ## Solaris 11/AMD64
  34
  35 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.3 work.
  36 * Clang 11.0 works, GCC 11.2 works.
  37
  38 For reference, the tests were done using Oracle Solaris 11.4.42.111.0.
  39
  40 ## Solaris 11/SPARC
  41
  42 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.1 work.
  43 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  44 * Sun C 5.13, Sun C 5.14 and Sun C 5.15 work; GCC 5.5.0 and GCC 7.3.0 work.
  45
  46 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  47
  48 * libpcap build fails with rpcapd enabled.
  49 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.1 work.
  50 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  51 * Sun C 5.13 works, GCC 5.5.0 works.
  52
  53 ## Solaris 9/SPARC
  54
  55 * flex 2.5.35 and GNU Bison 3.0.2 work.
  56 * CMake 2.8.9 does not work.
  57 * Neither Sun C 5.8 nor Sun C 5.9 work, GCC 4.6.4 works.