--- wikisrc/pkgsrc/solarish.mdwn	2017/04/27 11:27:45	1.3
+++ wikisrc/pkgsrc/solarish.mdwn	2022/04/04 12:49:28	1.4
@@ -1,28 +1,47 @@
-[[!meta title="How to use pkgsrc on Solarish (Illumos based)"]]
+[[!meta title="How to use pkgsrc on illumos-based disttibutions"]]
 
-This page will cover the requirement to bootstrap pkgsrc successfully on Illumos based Solarish systems.  
-[Prebuilt binaries & a repository of packages is provided by Joyent](http://pkgsrc.joyent.com) so it is not necessary to go through this process unless by choice.  
-It is assumed that a copy of the pkgsrc files have been [obtained](http://pkgsrc.org/#index3h1) and uncompressed, ready to bootstrap.
+This page will cover the requirement to bootstrap pkgsrc on illumos-based distributions.  (illumos is the continuation of OpenSolaris.)
+[Prebuilt binaries & a repository of packages is provided by Joyent](https://pkgsrc.joyent.com) so it is not necessary to go through this process unless by choice.
+It is assumed that a copy of the pkgsrc files have been [obtained](https://pkgsrc.org/#index3h1) and uncompressed, ready to bootstrap.
 
-#OmniOS
-At the time of writing the latest build available was r151012 which had GCC 4.8.x available.  
+See also pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Solaris; this wiki page should probably be merged into that file.
 
-On a freshly installed system the only components needed to bootstrap pkgsrc successfully is GCC, lint, linker object-files and header files.
+# illumos gcc versions
+
+In 2022, the default compiler is gcc 7.3.
+
+/opt/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION) on Illumos is usually where the patched
+version of the compiler - used to build illumos itself - is located.
+This will exists only after installing the illumos build environment
+(package 'build-essential' on OI, 'illumos-tools' on OmniOS and
+'illumos-build' on Tribblix).  Vanilla GCC instead is normally
+installed at /usr/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION) and symlinked to /usr/bin/gcc-*,
+with the default alternative being /usr/bin/gcc. Upon installing any
+gcc version, it should be already available in $PATH.
+
+# OmniOS
+
+As of 2017, on a freshly installed system the only components needed to bootstrap pkgsrc successfully is GCC, lint, linker object-files and header files.
 
     # pkg install gcc48 header linker lint object-file header-math
 
-pkgsrc can then be bootstrapped as [normal](http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/platforms.html#bootstrapping-pkgsrc)  
+pkgsrc can then be bootstrapped as [normal](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/platforms.html#bootstrapping-pkgsrc)
 
-#Tribblix
-All that's required is for the `develop` overlay to be installed in order to successfully bootstrap pkgsrc on Tribblix.
+# Tribblix
+
+As of 2017, all that's required is for the `develop` overlay to be installed in order to successfully bootstrap pkgsrc on Tribblix.
 
     # zap install-overlay develop
 
-#OpenIndiana
-On the 151a8 development release of OpenIndiana, the installation of GCC & GNU binutils is required alongside lint, object-files and header files to bootstrap pkgsrc successfully.
+# OpenIndiana
+
+As of 2017, on the 151a8 development release of OpenIndiana, the installation of GCC & GNU binutils is required alongside lint, object-files and header files to bootstrap pkgsrc successfully.
 
     # pkg install illumos-gcc gnu-binutils system/header developer/library/lint object-file header-math
     # PATH=/opt/gcc/4.4.4/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:$PATH pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap
 
-#OpenSXCE
-Comes with all necessary component to bootstrap pkgsrc out of the box, just ensure `PATH` contains the path to GCC & linker `/opt/gcc/4.4.4/bin:/usr/gnu/bin` when performing a system wide install as root. No changes required when performing an [unprivileged bootstrap](http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/platforms.html#bootstrapping-pkgsrc) as environment contains necessary settings.
+# OpenSXCE
+
+[OpenSXCE has not been updated since 2014.]
+
+As of 2017, comes with all necessary component to bootstrap pkgsrc out of the box, just ensure `PATH` contains the path to GCC & linker `/opt/gcc/4.4.4/bin:/usr/gnu/bin` when performing a system wide install as root. No changes required when performing an [unprivileged bootstrap](https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/platforms.html#bootstrapping-pkgsrc) as environment contains necessary settings.