I have a feeling the Sun Freeware site won't help much for a SCO box. -Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ken Rossman > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:46 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: OT: Compiling C on Unix > > > There is a wealth of both source code packages AND precompiled binary > packages for Solaris to be found at: > > http://www.sunfreeware.com/ > > Don't be put off if you select your current OS and it's a later one > (such as Solaris 8 or 9) and you can't find what you are looking for. > At the application level, for the most part, Solaris binaries > work just > fine on later OS releases if they were compiled under 2.5.1 or later, > so look back through S7 and S6 if you can't locate something you > are looking for. Gcc is definitely out on that site for several OS > releases. > > On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 10:29 AM, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:18:37AM -0500, Christian Campbell wrote: > >> I'm trying to compile gcc on SCO OpenServer 5.0.5. When I run > >> ./configure > >> I get an error that it can't find "cc" in the path, and > that I need a > >> working C compiler. If I had a working C compiler, I wouldn't be > >> trying > >> to install gcc. How do I solve the paradox? > > > > The way I've solved it in the past on Solaris boxes was to use a > > precompiled binary of gcc to bootstrap. It's been a while, but if > > I remember correctly, there was a precompiled binary somewhere > > (for Solaris), which could then be used to do a full install. > > I do not know, whether this is also true for SCO. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
