RE: Wrong assembler used with gcc 4.3.0 on Solaris 9

["Langella Raphael" <raphael.langella@steria.cnes.fr>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org 
> [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] De la part de Jim Wilson
> Envoyé : mercredi 2 avril 2008 08:32
> À : Langella Raphael
> Cc : gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Objet : Re: Wrong assembler used with gcc 4.3.0 on Solaris 9
> 
> Langella Raphael wrote:
> > I don't understand why the default solaris assembler is 
> used instead of the binutils one (which can be found at the 
> very beginning of my PATH).
> 
> GCC has its own built-in paths for finding things.  The best 
> solution here is to always use the same --prefix when 
> configuring binutils and gcc.  And build and install binutils 
> before building and installing gcc. 
>   Then gcc should automatically find binutils and everything 
> should just work.
> 
> If it still doesn't work, you might need to add extra 
> configure options like --with-gnu-as=/path/to/gnu/as, but 
> these aren't needed normally.
> 
> Jim
> 

Thanks for your advice. I've found a solution by setting COMPILER_PATH to my binutils.
To answer Dennis who asked why I don't use the native as and ld, it's because it doesn't work. That's the point of my initial post.