problem compiling gcc on Solaris 8

problem compiling gcc on Solaris 8

[Super-User]

I am trying to compile gcc 2.95.3 on a Solaris 8 box, after installing a binary 
version of gcc (2.95.2) and make (3.78.1) that I will remove later.

Here is what I get during the course of the install :

...
make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libiberty'
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libiberty'
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libio'
rootme=`pwd`/ ; export rootme; \
CC="/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/gcc/ 
-B/usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ -I. -
I../../../libio"; export CC; \
CXX="/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/gcc/xgcc -B/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/gcc/ 
-B/usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/bin/ -I.
-I../../../libio -nostdinc++ -nostdinc++ -g -O2"; export CXX; \
CONFIG_NM="nm"; export CONFIG_NM; \
/bin/sh ../../../libio/gen-params LIB_VERSION=2.8.0  >tmp-params.h
../../../libio/gen-params: nm: not found
../../../libio/gen-params: nm: not found
nm failed to find FUNC in dummy.o!
../../../libio/gen-params: -1: bad number
make[2]: *** [_G_config.h] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libio'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2



I couldn't find the binutils directory that is referred to in both 
/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/objdir/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/libio/Makefile
and
/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/libio/gen-params

Could you be of any help ?

With many thaks.
Sincerely,

Mr Dominique Pigeon, Ph.D. (in biochemistry, not in computer sciences...)
Inserm
16 ave. P.V.COUTURIER, 94807 VILLEJUIF cedex, FRANCE
33 1 45 59 53 38
pigeon@idf.inserm.fr

Re: problem compiling gcc on Solaris 8

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 18, 2001, Super-User <root@idf.inserm.fr> wrote:

> ../../../libio/gen-params: nm: not found

Add /usr/ccs/bin to your PATH.

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