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   1 # Compiling tcpdump on Solaris and related OSes
   2
   3 * Autoconf works everywhere.
   4
   5 ## OmniOS r151048/AMD64
   6
   7 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
   8 * CMake 3.29.0 works
   9 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 17.0.6 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 ## OmniOS r151044/AMD64
  18
  19 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  20 * CMake 3.25.2 works.
  21 * GCC 12.2.0 and Clang 15.0.7 work.
  22
  23 ## OmniOS r151042/AMD64
  24
  25 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  26 * CMake 3.23.1 works.
  27 * GCC 11.2.0 and Clang 14.0.3 work.
  28
  29 ## OpenIndiana 2023.10/AMD64
  30
  31 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  32 * CMake 3.29.0 works
  33 * GCC 13.2.0 and Clang 17.0.6 work.
  34
  35 ## OpenIndiana 2021.04/AMD64
  36
  37 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  38 * CMake 3.21.1 works.
  39 * GCC 7.5.0 and GCC 10.3.0 work, Clang 9.0.1 works.
  40
  41 For reference, the tests were done using a system installed from
  42 `OI-hipster-text-20210430.iso` plus the following packages:
  43 ```shell
  44 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  45 developer/build/autoconf
  46 developer/build/cmake
  47 developer/gcc-10
  48 developer/clang-90
  49 ENDOFTEXT
  50 ```
  51
  52 ## Oracle Solaris CBE (11.4.42.111.0)/AMD64
  53
  54 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  55 * CMake 3.21.0 works.
  56 * GCC 11.2 and Clang 11.0 work.
  57 * Sun C 5.15 works.
  58
  59 For reference, the tests were done using the following packages:
  60 ```shell
  61 xargs -L1 pkg install <<ENDOFTEXT
  62 developer/build/autoconf
  63 developer/build/cmake
  64 developer/gcc
  65 developer/llvm/clang
  66 ENDOFTEXT
  67 ```
  68
  69 ## Solaris 11.3/(SPARC and AMD64)
  70
  71 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  72 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  73 * Sun C 5.13 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  74
  75 ## Solaris 10/SPARC
  76
  77 * Both system and local libpcap are suitable.
  78 * CMake 3.14.3 works.
  79 * Sun C 5.9 and GCC 5.5.0 work.
  80
  81 ## Solaris 9
  82
  83 This version of this OS is not supported because the snprintf(3) implementation
  84 in its libc is not suitable.