[cvsnt-dev] Solaris x86

[Brian Hicks]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:20:21 -0500, David Somers <dsomers at omz13.com> wrote:

> So libtool is bitchin' that /usr/sfw/lib/libstdc++.la is bad... did you
> upgrade your compiler without upgrading/recompiling its support  
> libraries?

I'm using a fresh install of Solaris 10u2 (6/06). I used smpatch to  
upgrade the system with the latest patches. /usr/sfw comes with the system  
and I haven't touched it, other than to symlink a few files (i.e. gmake to  
make, gar to ar, etc.) so things get found properly. I did notice a funny  
message during configure that looked like this:

checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/ccs/bin/ld

Why doesn't it use /usr/sfw/bin/ld? /usr/ccs/bin isn't even in my PATH.

> There have been some changes made to the build files, and those changes  
> are
> in the latest testing... backporting fixes to latest commercial doesn't
> happen, so that's why its always a good idea to check latest testing to  
> see
> if things that were broke have been fixed.

Again, there's a sparc package for this version, so it MUST be possible to  
build in Solaris. the x86 version is close enough that the same build  
process should be replicateable. Solaris 10 is backwards compatible with  
Solaris 8, too, so that shouldn't be the issue. But my build environment  
might be way off. I don't believe Sun makes any guarantees about the GNU  
software shipped with Solaris.

Brian