I'm having to dig into some gcc code, and have used Linux tools in the
past,
like DDD. Is there some equivalent that comes with the Sun distribution
disk or GNU package?

tia,

JeffK.

"JeffK." wrote:
>
> I'm having to dig into some gcc code, and have used Linux tools in the
> past,
> like DDD. Is there some equivalent that comes with the Sun distribution
> disk or GNU package?
>
> tia,
>
> JeffK.
I don't for sure what comes on some of the extra CD's from Sun, as with
Solaris 9 I just downloaded it. However, there are a number of packages
available in Sun's standard pkgadd format at

http://www.sunfreeware.com/

where you can find gcc. Surprisingly gdb is not there. If I recall
correctly, ddd is just a front end to gdb. Anyway, there's a lot of
material at Sunfreeware and what is not there, you can always download
and compile from sources. Once you have gcc, you can have anything you
want.

Personally I tend to compile 99% of my packages from source myself. This
is because I can produce faster code since:

a) I have Sun's compiler (which is faster than the gcc used to compile
most packages on Sunfreeware)
b) I have an Ultrasparc machine, so I can optimise code for that.


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David,
Thanks for the tip.

I have a standalone system which makes downloads a pain, thus my desire
to see what I could expect with what supposedly comes standard. This
fact
combined with what appear to be better tools in Linux (gdb/ddd) prompted
my question. I found the variable watch window in ddd to actually be
quite
useful. Granted one can use command line methods to view variables,
but having a page full of arrays that change constantly makes command
line stuff wanting.

Thanks again for the tip!

JeffK.

In article <3F67A26C.5B718532@ftc.gov>, JeffK. <uce@ftc.gov> wrote:
> I'm having to dig into some gcc code, and have used Linux tools in the
> past,
> like DDD. Is there some equivalent that comes with the Sun distribution
> disk or GNU package?

None of dig, gcc, or ddd are "Linux tools". Many of the tools used
in Linux systems were developed on SunOS systems before Linux even
existed. Sun delivers many of the freeware tools on the "Software
Companion" ("Sun FreeWare") CD-ROM included in the Solaris media kit.

$ uname -sr
SunOS 5.8
$ ls =ddd =gdb
/opt/sfw/bin/ddd /opt/sfw/bin/gdb
$ egrep "/opt/sfw/bin/(ddd|gdb)" /var/sadm/install/contents
/opt/sfw/bin/ddd f none 0555 root bin 3831816 18456 1006946353 SFWddd
/opt/sfw/bin/gdb f none 0555 root bin 1679436 50773 1006944969 SFWgdb
$

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