Solaris to HP-UX Porting Guide
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Table of Contents
List of Tables ……………………………………………………………………………….…v
Legal Notices………………………………………………………………………………….vii
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................1-1
Chapter 2: Porting Effort and Considerations..............................................................................2-1
Acquire and Set Up HP-UX System........................................................................................2-1
Third-Party Software and Tools...............................................................................................2-1
Scripts.......................................................................................................................................2-2
Build Environment...................................................................................................................2-2
Compiling the Software...........................................................................................................2-2
Testing and Test Scripts...........................................................................................................2-4
Debugging................................................................................................................................2-4
Optimization.............................................................................................................................2-4
Packaging and Distribution......................................................................................................2-4
References................................................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 3: Development Environment.........................................................................................3-1
Standards Comparison.............................................................................................................3-1
Compiler Overview..................................................................................................................3-2
Location of Files and Utilities..................................................................................................3-3
Patches for HP-UX...................................................................................................................3-5
References................................................................................................................................3-5
Chapter 4: Compilers...................................................................................................................4-1
The C Compilers......................................................................................................................4-1
The C++ Compilers..................................................................................................................4-2
Compiler Directives and Name Spaces in HP C......................................................................4-4
Optimization.............................................................................................................................4-5
References................................................................................................................................4-8
Chapter 5: Linkers and Libraries..................................................................................................5-1
Overview..................................................................................................................................5-1
Versioning Shared Libraries.....................................................................................................5-2
Runtime Linking......................................................................................................................5-3
Linker-Related Tools...............................................................................................................5-6
Passing Options to the Linker..................................................................................................5-7
Command Line Options...........................................................................................................5-8
Precautions and Advice..........................................................................................................5-18
Steps in Porting Your Application.........................................................................................5-20
References..............................................................................................................................5-22
