This directory contains my own packages made to turn a stino Solaris 10+
workstation/server into something halfway usable. 

You may use theses packages as you like. However, note:

THESE PACKAGES/SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Packages are updated on demand and without any notice. Packages older than
14 days have usually production quality, i.e. they are used on our servers
and/or clients (but remember, our definition of "ready for production" might
be different from yours!). The basic idea behind the packages is, to provide
more or less recent software, better optimized and relocatable packages,
which use as much as possible of the original Solaris software
and thus reduce the maintainance overhead on our side as much as possible. 

All packages before 07/2007 are built using Studio 11 C/C++ compiler.
So for sparc, all 64bit packages are usually optimized for ultra v9
architecture, 32bit packages for v8plusa, for x86 all packages are 
optimized for amd64a architecture.

Newer packages are built with Studio 12 C/C++ compiler. All related sparc
packages are optimized for sparcvis, all x86 packages for sse2a.

If a package can't be compiled with Studio C/C++ Compiler, the standard gcc
coming with Solaris is used. Those packages are usually optimzed for 
ultra3i and opteron.

NOTE: To allow better relocation support [and avoid the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
      nightmare], almost all packages have an hardcoded RPATH like this:
      $ORIGIN:$ORIGIN/../lib/sparcv9 or $ORIGIN:$ORIGIN/../lib
      Some people may consider this a security risk, if an admin mounts
      not the complete installpath (e.g. /usr or /usr/local) but the path
      to the binary['s parent] (e.g. /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin), only
      (which doesn't make sense anyway ;-)).
      Last but not least some packages are modified, so that they look
      for required configuration files not only in the standard places
      (e.g. /etc/... or /usr/share/...) but relative to the binary in
      $ORIGIN/../[etc|share|$whatever]/... as well, which minimizes the
      need for customizing a lot of clients and maintaining their [common]
      configuration ...

Required Patches:
	sparc:
		125211-01	zlib update to version 1.2.3 (see /usr/include/zlib.h)
	x86:
		125212-01	zlib update to version 1.2.3 (see /usr/include/zlib.h)
		126869-01	bzip2 64bit libraries missing (ls /usr/lib/64/libbz2.so)


Build NOTES:
	LNFemacs: built for sse to avoid coredumps related to malloc problems
    LNFgiflib: since required by emacs, built for sse as well
    LNFclamav: built on nevada (Solaris Express) - missing /usr/lib/64/libbz*
	LNFeclipse: built on nevada (Solaris Express b55b) - even u4 has an
				ancient GNOME 2.6 - unbelievable but true :(((

If you think, the packages are useful/valuable for you, just feel free
to let me know by sending a postcard (snail ;-)) or a mug to:

Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet
FIN-IWS z.Hd. J. Elkner
Universitaetsplatz 2
Gebaeude 29, Raum 027
39106 Magdeburg
GERMANY