[kde-solaris] Compiler support

[Lars Tunkrans]

Ananth A wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i am new to this list and was going through some of the list archives.
>
> i have a question regarding which compiler to use/support for kde
> since i couldnt figure out if a consensus was reached or not.
>
> gcc, suncc or both ?
>
> before i start compiling/testing the kde sources, which compiler would
> you recommend to use ???
>
> i am assuming that gcc/g++ would be easier since most of linux/bsd
> folks would use gcc and would require less patch work of the default
> svn code.
>
> does opensolaris require full support compiled under sun studio also
> for running kde or would a binary from gcc be good enough ??
>
> is there any technical advantage of using one compiler over the other ??
>
>
> i am currently running belenix on an athlon xp machine.
>
>   

    Lots of people have  compiled  KDE  with GCC   including  myself. 
  It is not  difficult, basically no Patches  at  all  is needed  not 
even using a SPARC workstation.
 

  GCC  is included in Solaris/OpenSolaris   as      /usr/sfw/bin/gcc

$ uname -a
SunOS shuttle 5.11 snv_63 i86pc i386 i86pc
$ pwd
/usr/sfw/bin
$ ./gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs
Configured with: /builds1/sfwnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure 
--prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --with-gnu-as 
--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld 
--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc --enable-shared
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)


  Sun's Studio Compilers (  which are now free for  Sun Devloper Network 
members )
     http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/
   
  And also included  in Solaris Express Developer Edition

$ cd /opt/SUNWspro/bin
$ ./cc -V
cc: Sun C 5.9 SunOS_i386 Build40_1 2007/02/08


  The studio compilers  has  always  generated faster  binaries  than GCC
  although  GCC has picked up speed during the latter years.

   The latest  Studio 11  and Studio 12 ( Beta )    releases  have  
rolled out
   Improved  support  for AMD processors  including  SSE2/3DNOW  support , 
  small  and medium  Memory models  ( medium is for apps  larger than  2 
GB  memory  footprint )
  and  automatic parallelization of code  for multicore CPU  systems.


Stefan Teleman   has literally spent years   at building  KDE with 
sunstudio  and you will find
links to where  all his pathces  are held in the KDE-Solaris  mailing 
list archives.

//Lars