Re: Packages binaries for Solaris (7,8,9)/sparc

[Klaus Heinz <k.heinz%novacht.kh-22.de@localhost>]

Ulrich Habel wrote:

> I've uploaded the results of a bulk rebuild of pkgsrc-2008Q3 done
> on Solaris9/sparc to
     ^^^^^^^^

> built the packages with 32bit and modular-x. The packages should work
> on Solaris 7/8/9 for the sparc architecture. Please provide me
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I would be surprised if we could really expect this to work, even on
Solaris where _backwards_ compatibility is usually very good.

Since when did Solaris have this kind of _forward_ compatibility? To my
knowledge the only company with a time machine is Apple...

ciao
     Klaus