Thread: Is there going to be a port to Solaris 9 x86 in the near future???
All: Does anyone know if there is going to be a port to Solaris 9 x86 in the near future. What is the decission to develop on this platform since Sun is pushing Solaris x86 harder than ever. -- Christopher Smiga System Engineer (Sun SCSA) N2 Broadband Network Operations Phone: 888-671-1268 (NOC) e-Mail: csmiga@n2bb.com ----- N2 Broadband, Inc. (www.n2bb.com) 4500 River Green Parkway, Suite 110 Duluth, GA. 30096-2564
Hi Christopher, Personally, I haven't tested it on Solaris 9 INTEL yet (Sun took some decent time in getting the Sol9 x86 kit to me, and I'm busy developing OpenOffice training for now). I'd be very surprised if PostgreSQL doesn't work on Solaris x86, as it *used* to work on Solaris x86 from versions 2.6 -> 8. This is the guide I wrote for compiling it on Solaris 8: http://techdocs.postgresql.org/v2/Guides/Installation%20Guides/Compiling%20PostgreSQL%207.3.2%20on%20Solaris%208%209/view That may be useful for you. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Christoper Smiga wrote: > All: > > Does anyone know if there is going to be a port to Solaris 9 x86 in the > near future. What is the decission to develop on this platform since Sun > is pushing Solaris x86 harder than ever. >
Mucho Thanks! Justin Clift wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > Personally, I haven't tested it on Solaris 9 INTEL yet (Sun took some > decent time in getting the Sol9 x86 kit to me, and I'm busy developing > OpenOffice training for now). > > I'd be very surprised if PostgreSQL doesn't work on Solaris x86, as it > *used* to work on Solaris x86 from versions 2.6 -> 8. > > This is the guide I wrote for compiling it on Solaris 8: > > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/v2/Guides/Installation%20Guides/Compiling%20PostgreSQL%207.3.2%20on%20Solaris%208%209/view > > > That may be useful for you. > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > Christoper Smiga wrote: > >> All: >> >> Does anyone know if there is going to be a port to Solaris 9 x86 in >> the near future. What is the decission to develop on this platform >> since Sun is pushing Solaris x86 harder than ever. >> >
I have used Postgres on Solaris x86 7, 8 and 9. Haven't tested Solaris 10 but it probably would work. In fact, I've tarballed /usr/local directories from Sol7, moved then to Sol8/9 machines and the software worked without recompilation. > Justin Clift wrote: > >> Hi Christopher, >> >> Personally, I haven't tested it on Solaris 9 INTEL yet (Sun took some >> decent time in getting the Sol9 x86 kit to me, and I'm busy developing >> OpenOffice training for now). >> >> I'd be very surprised if PostgreSQL doesn't work on Solaris x86, as it >> *used* to work on Solaris x86 from versions 2.6 -> 8. >> >> Christoper Smiga wrote: >> >>> All: >>> >>> Does anyone know if there is going to be a port to Solaris 9 x86 in >>> the near future. What is the decission to develop on this platform >>> since Sun is pushing Solaris x86 harder than ever.