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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 r151052/AMD64
   9
  10 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  11 * CMake 3.30.5 works.
  12 * GCC 14.2.0 and Clang 19.1.2 work.
  13
  14 ## OmniOS r151050/AMD64
  15
  16 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  17 * CMake 3.30.1 works.
  18 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 18.1.8 work.
  19
  20 ## OmniOS r151046/AMD64
  21
  22 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  23 * CMake 3.26.4 works.
  24 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 16.0.4 work.
  25
  26 ## OpenIndiana 2024.04/AMD64
  27
  28 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.6 work.
  29 * CMake 3.30.2 works.
  30 * GCC 10.5.0, GCC 13.3.0 and Clang 18.1.8 work.
  31
  32 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  33 `OI-hipster-minimal-20240426.iso` plus the `build-essential` package.
  34
  35 ## OpenIndiana 2023.10/AMD64
  36
  37 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.6 work.
  38 * CMake 3.28.3 works.
  39 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 17.0.6 work.
  40
  41 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  42 `OI-hipster-minimal-20231027.iso` plus the `build-essential` package.
  43
  44 ## Solaris 11.4.72.176.1/SPARC
  45 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  46 * CMake 3.24.0 works.
  47 * Sun C 5.15 works.
  48 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 13.0.1 work, but require setting
  49   `PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/64/pkgconfig`
  50
  51 ## Solaris 11.4.57.144.3/SPARC
  52
  53 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  54 * CMake does not work.
  55 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 13.0.1 work.
  56
  57 ## Solaris 11.4.42.111.0/AMD64
  58
  59 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.3 work.
  60 * CMake 3.21.0 works.
  61 * Clang 11.0, GCC 11.2 and Sun C 5.15 work.
  62
  63 ## Solaris 11.3/SPARC
  64
  65 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.5 work.
  66 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  67 * Sun C 5.13, Sun C 5.14 and Sun C 5.15 work; GCC 5.5.0 and GCC 7.3.0 work.
  68
  69 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  70
  71 * libpcap build fails with rpcapd enabled.
  72 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.5 work.
  73 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  74 * Sun C 5.13 works, GCC 5.5.0 works.
  75
  76 ## Solaris 9
  77
  78 This version of this OS is not supported because the snprintf(3) implementation
  79 in its libc is not suitable.