Re: Solaris 11 buildbots

Dennis Clarke
2018-09-04T21:28:33Z

On 09/04/2018 04:33 PM, Rainer Orth wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
>> On 09/04/2018 03:43 PM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>>> Prompted by a couple of gdb build failures in the past and Tom's message
>>>
>>> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-09/msg00027.html
>>>
>>> I intend to set up gdb buildbots running on Solaris 11.4. <snippage>
> [...]
>> I thought there was a serious restriction with 11.4 in that one could
>> not install on anything previous to a SPARC T4 ?
>
> true, but I happen to have an S7 available for testing. I simply can't
> afford buildbots for older Solaris 11 updates, especially given that
> Solaris 11.3 support will end in the relatively near future.

hrmmm .. yes, I still have S10 systems running on contract and I think
'support' will exist for a long long time. At least in the form of
security updates. As for 11.4? Well I'll neet a Netra T4 it seems.

Dennis