[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/bootstrap bootstrap/README.Solaris: prune binutils com...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/b4fd5972d0d8
branches:  trunk
changeset: 376292:b4fd5972d0d8
user:      gdt <gdt%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Apr 04 12:55:03 2022 +0000

description:
bootstrap/README.Solaris: prune binutils comment

as not supported by other evidence, and explain that illumos-* comes
with gcc.

diffstat:

 bootstrap/README.Solaris |  9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diffs (30 lines):

diff -r 7f2aa175e1dc -r b4fd5972d0d8 bootstrap/README.Solaris
--- a/bootstrap/README.Solaris  Mon Apr 04 12:47:47 2022 +0000
+++ b/bootstrap/README.Solaris  Mon Apr 04 12:55:03 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README.Solaris,v 1.19 2022/04/04 12:35:43 gdt Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.Solaris,v 1.20 2022/04/04 12:55:03 gdt Exp $
 
 This README describes pkgsrc on a variety of Solaris-derived operating
 systems.  It corresponds to pkgsrc/platform/SunOS.mk.  The relevant
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 As with pkgsrc on other platforms, one should use the same compiler
 family and ideally the same compiler version for building all packages.
 
-Please note that the use of GNU binutils on Solaris is not supported.
+At some time in the past, GNU binutils was not usable on some systems,
+but the status is unclear in 2022.
 
 The following packages are the minimum required on Solaris 8 to
 bootstrap and build packages.
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@
 (It is not clear if this is the default on sparc64/amd64, and if not,
 why not.)
 
-On illumos, gcc is the only workable option.
+Generally, illumos-based distributions come with gcc, and gcc is the
+standard approach.  As of 2022, there are no recent reports of using
+Sun/Oracle toolchains on illumos.
 
 
 If you are using gcc