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   1 # Compiling tcpdump on Solaris and related OSes
   2
   3 * Autoconf works everywhere.
   4
   5 ## OmniOS r151052/AMD64
   6
   7 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
   8 * CMake 3.30.5 works.
   9 * GCC 14.2.0 and Clang 19.1.2 work.
  10
  11 ## OmniOS r151046/AMD64
  12
  13 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  14 * CMake 3.26.4 works
  15 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 16.0.4 work.
  16
  17 ## OpenIndiana 2023.10/AMD64
  18
  19 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  20 * CMake 3.29.0 works
  21 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 17.0.6 work.
  22
  23 ## OpenIndiana 2021.04/AMD64
  24
  25 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  26 * CMake 3.21.1 works.
  27 * GCC 7.5.0 and GCC 10.3.0 work, Clang 9.0.1 works.
  28
  29 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  30 `OI-hipster-text-20210430.iso` plus the following packages:
  31 ```shell
  32 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  33 developer/build/autoconf
  34 developer/build/cmake
  35 developer/gcc-10
  36 developer/clang-90
  37 ENDOFTEXT
  38 ```
  39
  40 ## Oracle Solaris CBE (11.4.42.111.0)/AMD64
  41
  42 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  43 * CMake 3.21.0 works.
  44 * GCC 11.2 and Clang 11.0 work.
  45 * Sun C 5.15 works.
  46
  47 For reference, the tests were done using the following packages:
  48 ```shell
  49 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  50 developer/build/autoconf
  51 developer/build/cmake
  52 developer/gcc
  53 developer/llvm/clang
  54 ENDOFTEXT
  55 ```
  56
  57 ## Solaris 11.3/(SPARC and AMD64)
  58
  59 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  60 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  61 * Sun C 5.13 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  62
  63 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  64
  65 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  66 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  67 * Sun C 5.9 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  68
  69 ## Solaris 9
  70
  71 This version of this OS is not supported because the snprintf(3) implementation
  72 in its libc is not suitable.