On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:12 AM, Kai Ruottu <kai.ruottu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Aren't there any "Solaris 11/x86_64" alternatives like there are > separate Linuces for both 'x86' and 'x86_64' ? Or why there isn't > any "64-bit default" GCC target for Solaris 11 ? I think this is what all your questions come down to. Solaris does not have separate distributions for 32-bit and 64-bit; there's only one DVD, and AFAIK the installations it produces when run on 32-bit and 64-bit hardware are identical except for the kernel. Now what Sun could do, given this, is to distribute both a 32-bit gcc that produces 32-bit objects by default, and a 64-bit gcc that produces 64-bit objects by default, put them in different bin directories, and let you use $PATH to select the one you want. But they haven't done that. As for why x86_64-pc-solaris2 doesn't work as a GCC target, I think the answer is simply that no one has gotten around to making it work. I'm sure the GCC team would be happy to receive a patch for this. I don't think I have time to produce one anytime soon, though. -- Scott
