Re: compiler required for solaris 2.4 install?

In <3q2dj2$hvu_at_lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> gus_at_patella.uucp (Gus Teschke) writes:

>In article <3pvg4s$ln1_at_tst.hk.super.net>,
>Ammon W.H. Lee <whlee_at_hk.super.net> wrote:
>>rallan_at_ohgpu.hydro.on.ca (Rob E. Allan) wrote:
>>> ... seem to say that a C compiler is required for the install.
>>
>>We've just installed 7.1.3 on Solaris 2.3 and it do NEED a compiler
>>to install!!! Try to contact SUN (or its dealer) and see whether
>>...
>>Ammon
 

>Check /usr/ucb/cc. It's a C compiler -- I believe the old one --
>that was installed with a Solaris 2.4 system down the hall.
> Good luck,
> Gus Teschke
> gust_at_umich.edu

No it isn't - it's just a wrapper that runs the SunSoft CC to do compilation emulating SunOS 4. you still need to buy the compiler.

you might be able to hack this together to use gcc instead, though, which you can get binary distributions of. Wouldn't know, haven't tried it.

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