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Setting up Solaris 8 on Ultra 10

Published: 31-May-2025 - Last Updated: 31-May-2025

Some notes about setting up a build environment on Solaris 8, specifically my Ultra 10.

OS

I don't have notes for the OS install. Solaris 8. 2003 release.

Packages

I installed all these from the sunfreeware archives:

autoconf-2.60-sol8-sparc-local     libgcc-3.4.1-sol8-sparc-local      synergy-1.3.1-sol8-sparc-local
automake-1.7.1-sol8-sparc-local    libiconv-1.11-sol8-sparc-local     tar-1.26-sol8-sparc-local
bash-3.2-sol8-sparc-local          libintl-3.4.0-sol8-sparc-local     vim-7.0-sol8-sparc-local
binutils-2.21.1a-sol8-sparc-local  libtool-1.5-sol8-sparc-local       wget-1.10.2-sol8-sparc-local
gcc-3.4.6-sol8-sparc-local         m4-1.4.7-sol8-sparc-local          xv-3.10a-sol8-sparc-local
gettext-0.14.1-sol8-sparc-local    make-3.81-sol8-sparc-local         zlib-1.2.3-sol8-sparc-local

pkgadd -d filename

Make symlink from libintl-3.4.0 to libintl.so.8:
ln -s libintl.so.3.4.0 /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8

Lots of software was installed from the 4 CDs that the OS comes on, including OpenGL from the Supplemental CD.

GCC 4.6.4

Starting with the packages above. Make sure you use GNU tar to extract. I put /usr/local/bin first in $PATH.

To add /usr/local/lib to the system library search path: crle -l /usr/lib:/usr/lib/secure:/usr/local/lib

We want 32 bit ABI for the following. export ABI=32

All were just ./configure; make; make install. Easy. 1. gmp-4.3.2 2. mpfr-2.4.2 3. mpc-1.0.1

We provide the paths to as and ld so that gcc can find /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.6/sparcv9/crt1.o. Also, unset the ABI so we get multilib support.

unset ABI
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-4.6.4 --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-nls --enable-threads=posix --with-gnu-ld --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/local/bin/as  --with-ld=/usr/local/bin/ld

make

Quick hack needed in sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/concurrence.h

On line 345, change __GTHREAD_COND_INIT to __GTHREAD_COND_INITzzz so that conditional evaluates false.

And just above that #if, add this

#ifndef __GTHREAD_COND_INIT_FUNCTION
#define __GTHREAD_COND_INIT_FUNCTION(p) pthread_cond_init((p), NULL)
#endif

This ended up taking about 12 hours to compile, if not more. Maybe it would be faster if I had a SCSI disk rather than IDE in the system.

You may have luck with a slightly newer or older GCC. This process worked fine on Solaris 9, but was less smooth on Solaris 8.