From c9a699c872eebb7b148cff90b942155da7a773f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Volker Grabsch Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:03:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] again improved installation instructions for Solaris --- doc/index.html | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 63b033a8..2c953df2 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -640,14 +640,22 @@ sudo gcc_select gcc40

Open Solaris 2009.06

- Open Solaris seems to have a problem with Binutils 2.20. - It should work if you - downgrade mingw-cross-env's Binutils to 2.19 by hand. - A good solution needs yet to be found. + Open Solaris does not fulfill the requirements. + Two requirements are hopelessly outdated (M4, Autoconf) + and one requirement is not provided at all (SCons). + In addition, due to a bug in its LibC, + Open Solaris is unable to run some tools of Binutils 2.20. + If you want to run mingw-cross-env on Open Solaris nevertheless, + a lot of manual work is required:

- First, install all requirements + Downgrade mingw-cross-env's Binutils to 2.19 by hand. + (A better solution needs yet to be found.) +

+ +

+ Install all requirements that already ship with Solaris:

@@ -665,10 +673,15 @@ sudo gcc_select gcc40 pfexec ln -s automake-1.10 /usr/bin/automake

- Then download and install M4, Autoconf and SCons by hand: + Edit your .bashrc script to add /usr/local/bin to $PATH, + and restart the Bash:

-
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+    
export PATH=/where mingw-cross-env is installed/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+

+ Download and install M4, Autoconf and SCons by hand: +

+
 wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.5.tar.gz
 tar -xzf m4-1.4.5.tar.gz
 cd m4-1.4.5