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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 r151044/AMD64
   9
  10 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  11 * CMake 3.24.2 works.
  12 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 15.0.3 work.
  13
  14 ## OmniOS r151042/AMD64
  15
  16 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.8.2 work.
  17 * CMake 3.23.1 works.
  18 * GCC 11.2.0 and Clang 14.0.3 work.
  19
  20 ## OpenIndiana 2021.04/AMD64
  21
  22 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.6 work.
  23 * CMake 3.21.1 works.
  24 * GCC 7.5.0 and GCC 10.3.0 work, Clang 9.0.1 works.
  25
  26 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  27 `OI-hipster-text-20210430.iso` plus the following packages:
  28 ```shell
  29 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  30 developer/build/autoconf
  31 developer/parser/bison
  32 developer/lexer/flex
  33 developer/build/cmake
  34 developer/gcc-10
  35 developer/clang-90
  36 ENDOFTEXT
  37 ```
  38
  39 ## Solaris 11/AMD64
  40
  41 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.3 work.
  42 * CMake 3.21.0 works.
  43 * Clang 11.0 works, GCC 11.2 works.
  44
  45 For reference, the tests were done using Oracle Solaris 11.4.42.111.0.
  46
  47 ## Solaris 11/SPARC
  48
  49 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.1 work.
  50 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  51 * Sun C 5.13, Sun C 5.14 and Sun C 5.15 work; GCC 5.5.0 and GCC 7.3.0 work.
  52
  53 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  54
  55 * libpcap build fails with rpcapd enabled.
  56 * flex 2.6.4 and GNU Bison 3.7.1 work.
  57 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  58 * Sun C 5.13 works, GCC 5.5.0 works.
  59
  60 ## Solaris 9/SPARC
  61
  62 * flex 2.5.35 and GNU Bison 3.0.2 work.
  63 * CMake 2.8.9 does not work.
  64 * Neither Sun C 5.8 nor Sun C 5.9 work, GCC 4.6.4 works.