From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1024 invoked by alias); 3 Aug 2008 03:54:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 1013 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Aug 2008 03:54:18 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from dessent.net (HELO dessent.net) (69.60.119.225) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:53:15 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=dessent.net) by dessent.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KPUed-0006KX-Ty; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:53:12 +0000 Message-ID: <48952BA7.72853359@dessent.net> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:54:00 -0000 From: Brian Dessent Reply-To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jay CC: gaurav.anywhere@gmail.com, gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Error Compiling GCC on Solaris 10 / x86 References: <1217689174.6455.ezmlm@gcc.gnu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 Jay wrote: > Have you tried a "combined" / "Cygnus" tree? > And without the -with-gnu-as/-with-gnu-ld switches? > > A combined tree seems like a good way to add consistency and reduce ambiguity and make > things work more automatically. > The build system knows when the ld it will build will become available and will use it then. That's really not a good idea to suggest given that the gcc docs recommend *not* using the GNU linker with Solaris 10, and a combined tree forces the in-tree linker which is GNU ld. > It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU > assembler in /usr/sfw/bin/gas but the Sun linker, using > the options --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas > --without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld. Brian