RE: [platform-dev] Building on Solaris x86

[Grant Gayed <Grant_Gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex,

- I've logged https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=43119
which should be a good off-line place to discuss the build issue
- screen shots can be useful additions
to bug reports
- there is a report to investigate solaris-gtk
on sparc ( https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=38443 ); once
this works then in theory it should also work w/o change on solaris-x86
(to be determined, of course...)
- a separate branch isn't needed since
motif is one codebase, and differences between solaris-x86 and the others
should really be minimal.  Perhaps some of the problems you're seeing
are a result of a sub-optimal build on your end?  I know of at least
two other solaris-x86 users, and they haven't reported major problems beyond
the bug that I previously cited (#41968)

If you have other questions then they
can also be asked/answered in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=43119
.

Thanks for your interest!
Grant

"Alex Karasulu" <aok123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 09/15/2003 02:05 PM Please respond to platform-dev

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Grant,
 
Thanks for the response.  Before
delving into code, I just wanted to add changes to the build to support
Solx86 out of the box.  I’ve already built on Solaris 9 x86 and it
was a bit involved.  I don’t think very many if any at all SWT changes
may be required to support it.  I really cannot tell from the bugs
I’ve seen on the x86 build if they are due to build issues, missing java
code or due to SWT code.  I would suspect the build first, the java
code second and the swt code last.  The compile went flawlessly for
the swt shared lib.
 
Also perhaps we can look at
using GTK for SWT on Solaris x86.  At this point I have no idea of
what this would involve.  I would gladly contribute to it.
 
The bottom line is I need a
contact to rev up and begin producing something for getting the port to
solx86 out there.  If this person could help me interpret where to
focus and give a pointer or two I could save a lot of time just focusing
on the necessary fixes.  The bare minimum functionality for eclipse
looks great on Solaris x86.  I could setup my projects and compile.
 The problems were minor in nature but prevalent with features and
plugins.
 
I will try factoring in the
Solaris x86 side of the compile into the ant build scripts first.  Then
I think I can slowly work my way towards going into the individual feature
that are not going so well putting in bug reports for each problem.  This
way we can track it and I can have collaboration.  I can take screenshots
of graphical issues to report problems.  Perhaps the best approach
would be to manage this branch on sourceforge for now.  What do you
recommend?
 
I really love eclipse – and
I really love Solaris.  I’m too poor to afford a good sparc wks so
I have no choice but to make it work.  
 
Thanks,
Alex
 
-----Original Message-----
From: platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Grant Gayed
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:41 PM
To: platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [platform-dev] Building on Solaris x86
 

Hi Alex, 

Since Solaris-x86 is not a supported platform, we don't test on it or even
have such a setup here.  However, if there are swt changes that can
be made to make Solaris-x86 work better without compromising the other
motif platforms then these would be considered.  One such recent example
is https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=41968 .  What you
can do is: 

- for each problem log a separate bug report with Platform - SWT, and make
sure to specify Solaris9-x86 as your platform
- if you have a patch then attach it to the report, branched off the 3.0
code base is preferrable 
- if the problem is specific to Solaris 9-x86 then you'll be asked to verify
the final fix before it's committed to HEAD; if the problem is not specific
to your platform then we can test it

Grant

"Alex Karasulu" <aok123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 09/11/2003 11:17 PM Please respond to platform-dev

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Hello, 
  
I looked at a few trials on building eclipse for Solaris x86.  I followed
the directions but some files seemed to be missing anyway I got it working
and fired eclipse up.  It was a mess and had problems – several parts
did not function properly.  I would like to officially contribute
and work out a build for Solaris on Intel instead of others having to go
through my pain.  Perhaps by donating my time the eclipse folks can
help me out in achieving the goal.
  
I’m not asking for commit privs into CVS or anything like that - I can
just email any build changes to someone on the team.  Do I have someone
to sponsor me?  I really want eclipse to work like  a champion
on solaris intel. 
  
Alex