GNU bug report logs - #16905
emacs 24.3: build error in sysdep on SunOS 5.5.1

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Klaus.Zeitler <at> alcatel-lucent.com

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16905 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Klaus.Zeitler <at> alcatel-lucent.com
Cc: 16905 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16905: emacs 24.3: build error in sysdep on SunOS 5.5.1
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:58:36 -0500

So it looks like SunOS 5.5 was end-of-lifed September 2005, is that right?

I think Emacs should explicitly drop support for such old Solaris versions.
I don't know where the cut-off should be.
Maybe support Solaris 8 and newer?

Note that Emacs 23.1's NEWS file said that Solaris versions 2.6 (ie,
SunOS 5.6 and older) and older would be dropped in future. So I'm
slightly surprised that 5.5 even configures...
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