From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16868 invoked by alias); 23 Apr 2002 17:12:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 16861 invoked from network); 23 Apr 2002 17:12:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO e21.nc.us.ibm.com) (32.97.136.227) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 23 Apr 2002 17:12:52 -0000 Received: from southrelay03.raleigh.ibm.com (southrelay03.raleigh.us.ibm.com [9.37.3.210]) by e21.nc.us.ibm.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3NHCquE129688; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:12:52 -0400 Received: from unknown.host (dyn9-47-17-178.des.beaverton.ibm.com [9.47.17.178]) by southrelay03.raleigh.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO/VER6.1) with ESMTP id g3NHCpX29768; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:12:51 -0400 Received: (from janis@localhost) by unknown.host (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA01846; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:12:58 -0700 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:18:00 -0000 From: Janis Johnson To: George.R.Goffe@seagate.com Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: the continuing build problems I'm having Message-ID: <20020423101258.A1839@us.ibm.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from George.R.Goffe@seagate.com on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:26PM -0700 X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg01182.txt.bz2 On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:08:26PM -0700, George.R.Goffe@seagate.com wrote: > > Howdy, > > I'm trying to build snapshots and ultimately submit bug reports. > Unfortunately I'm continually having troubles building the snapshots and > other gnu type software due to what I would call a configure problem. Let > me explain. I have a solaris 2.8 system with an ld and as in /usr/ccs/bin, > /usr/local/bin (binutils pkg) and a third directory that's versioned for > the os (i.e., /usr/lsd/SunOS.5.8). Without removing all the ld/as pairs the > configure script seems to always find the /usr/ccs/bin ld/as which is NOT > what I want. Ideally, I would like to see configure take the --prefix= key > value as a HINT as to where to start looking for the "things" it needs. Is > this too much to ask? Does anyone else think this is a good idea? Are you using the configure options --with-gnu-as --with-as= and the corresponding ld options? Janis