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Hi Pete, No problem. As you point out we already have it. I have no problems moving to the latest Solaris compiler. I just need to tell the admin people that it should become the default on the build platforms that I'm using. Andy On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Peter Elmer wrote: > Hi Andy, > > I think you misunderstood: the proposal is not to drop support for Solaris > compilers altogether, but to move forward to a more recent one (Studio9). I'm > not 100% sure, but I think Sun itself is already starting to drop support > for the older compilers (Workshop6 and Forte7). They were just kept around > at SLAC to support old BaBar releases which used them. (BaBar, for example, > has already moved to Studio9 in its latest software release.) > > Does that clarify the proposal? > > [How much I hate Sun for these continual name games with their > products...] > > Pete > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 04:52:21AM -0700, Andrew Hanushevsky wrote: > > Hi Pete, > > > > No, I think it would be wrong to disallow using the Forte compiler. In > > general, that compiler picks up errors that other compilers do not and > > produces better code on Solaris/Sparc. Additionally, it provides me with a > > good dbx-able debug version that I don't get from gcc. In general, it > > would be a royal pain for me if I could not use that compiler. Since > > autotolls does work with that cmpiler for other packages (I have used > > packages that use autotools and the Solaris compiler), I don't immediately > > see what the problem is and, whatever it is, why it can't be circumvented. > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Peter Elmer wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Derek and I talked on Friday about the migration to autotools. The main > > > outstanding issue (with libtool) would be solved by dropping support > > > for building xrootd with Workshop6 and Forte7 on Solaris. Is there anybody > > > out there who builds xrootd themselves with Forte7 on Solaris rather than > > > using one of the binary downloads? > > > > > > [Andy, I see you still have Forte7 as the default compiler on your machine > > > at SLAC, but I'm guessing that this is just because BaBar constrained > > > this to be the compiler installation on the Sol9 machines. Is that > > > correct? (Anybody know which compiler version shipped with Sol9? In any case > > > the BaBar SRT overrides the default compiler version and actually uses the > > > Studio9 installation from afs in the latest releases.] > > > > > > I _think_ SLAC and In2p3 were the main sites which had solaris and I > > > think that both of them use the binary downloads. ROOT appears to > > > support "CC5.5", which must be XXXX8 (where XXXX8 is whatever name Sun > > > chose between Forte7 and Studio9, how tedious Sun is...). Derek thought > > > that there should be no issues with XXXX8, but was going to verify this. > > > > > > This said, if nobody sees any urgent reason to keep support for building > > > xrootd with Workshop6 and Forte7, I would propose that we will do the following: > > > > > > o Since nobody has reported big problems with xrootd 20050920-0008, > > > I can declare that a "production" build (the last one supporting > > > Workshop6 and Forte7, effectively) (Wilko?) > > > > > > o Derek and I can do the autotools migration on top of this coming > > > week and produce another version completely equivalent (for the > > > existing xrootd code, plus an optional module for the authorization > > > for Alice) to 20050920-0008 up to the autotools changes (and no Workshop6 > > > or Forte7 support). This would also be the starting point for the next > > > round of development. > > > > > > Comments? > > > > > > thanks, > > > Pete > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 > > > Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644 > Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >