Re: vfork on Oracle Solaris 11.2

["Sevan / Venture37" <venture37%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi Ryo,

On 30 May 2015 at 05:41, Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on Oracle JRE/JDK 8u45 packages.
> I would like to test these packages on Oracle Solaris 11.2,
> but 11.2's vfork(2) is deprecated and I cannot compile
> sysutils/bsdinstall during pkgsrc bootstrap.
>
> How to resolve my problem?
> Should vfork be replaced by fork?

There's a blog post by Allan Coopersmith on what was removed and alternatives.
https://blogs.oracle.com/alanc/entry/solaris_11_2_functional_deprecation
Using SunStudio there's no issue with bootstrapping on Solaris (worryingly?).


Sevan / Venture37