Re: build failures on Solaris

[Dagobert Michelsen via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Dagobert Michelsen <dam () opencsw org>
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> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:07:31 +0200
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> Hi Denis,
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> Am 03.08.2021 um 00:34 schrieb Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>:
> > Though it is not clear why the 64-bit directories are not in PATH.
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> This is because you need to decide whether you want to build against the
> 32 or 64 bit ABI. Solaris nowadays always runs a 64 bit kernel but allows
> programs and libraries to be in 32 bit, although you cannot mix 32 and 64
> bit within a linked executable. Of course it would be possible to switch
> the PATH to be 64 bit only on Solaris 10 but was not done due to historical
> reasons. On Solaris 11 most binaries are 64 bit now but are located in
> /usr/bin which makes this thing a bit convoluted.
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> When you try to build a 64 bit binary the correct way is to set PATH
> and PKG_CONFIG_PATH as described here:
>   https://www.opencsw.org/manual/for-developers/index.html
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> The /64 suffix in bin/ and lib/ is a symlink to the respective architecture
> and simplifies cross-platform build between Sparc and x86.
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> I hope this helps.
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> Best regards
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>   — Dago
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