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   1 # Compiling tcpdump on Solaris and related OSes
   2
   3 * Autoconf works everywhere.
   4
   5 ## OmniOS r151046/AMD64
   6
   7 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
   8 * CMake 3.26.4 works
   9 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 16.0.4 work.
  10
  11 ## OmniOS r151044/AMD64
  12
  13 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  14 * CMake 3.25.2 works.
  15 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 15.0.7 work.
  16
  17 ## OmniOS r151042/AMD64
  18
  19 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  20 * CMake 3.23.1 works.
  21 * GCC 11.2.0 and Clang 14.0.3 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 11.4.42/AMD64
  41
  42 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  43 * GCC 11.2 and Clang 11.0 work.
  44
  45 For reference, the tests were done on a VM booted from `sol-11_4-vbox.ova`
  46 and updated to 11.4.42.111.0 plus the following packages:
  47 ```shell
  48 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  49 developer/build/autoconf
  50 developer/gcc
  51 developer/llvm/clang
  52 ENDOFTEXT
  53 ```
  54
  55 ## Solaris 11.3/(SPARC and AMD64)
  56
  57 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  58 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  59 * Sun C 5.13 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  60
  61 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  62
  63 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  64 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  65 * Sun C 5.9 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  66
  67 ## Solaris 9
  68
  69 This version of this OS is not supported because the snprintf(3) implementation
  70 in its libc is not suitable.