Re: Solaris release notes

[Chris Lyttle <chris wilddev net>]

It'd be nice to have the release notes say also what is required for
solaris 9 too.

Chris

On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 20:53, John Fleck wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> I need some more input from those of you who understand Solaris issues
> for the Release Notes. Currently, for other operating systems, we list
> packages that must be installed as prerequisites before building GNOME.
> What, if anything, should I say about this issue on Solaris? That
> everything you need is already there, with the exception of the patches
> Sander noted that should be installed? If the current text is all we
> need, fine, but I'd had to give this short shrift.
> 
> The current text:
> 
> ****************
> 
> Notes about building on Solaris.
> 
> There are a number of patches recommended for building GNOME on Solaris,
> which can be obtained from
> http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access:
> 
> 	* Solaris8/sparc:
>         108528-14  108827-20  108989-02  110934-07  111293-04  112396-02
>         108652-51  108987-09  110380-04  111111-03  111310-01  112438-01
> 
>     * Solaris8/x86:
>         108529-14  108828-22  108990-02  110935-07  111294-03  111311-01
>         112439-01  108653-41  108988-09  110403-04  111112-03  111307-03
>         112397-02
> 	
> 
> Note
> 
> If you are using the native iconv implementation on Solaris instead of
> libiconv, you'll need to make sure that you have the converters between
> locale encodings and UTF-8 installed. At a minimum you'll need the
> SUNWuiu8 package. You probably should also install the SUNWciu8,
> SUNWhiu8, SUNWjiu8, and SUNWkiu8 packages.
> 
> 
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