The new HAVE_LD_AS_NEEDED support doesn't seem to work on Solaris 9 and 10: (botcazou@ob) /nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10 $ cat t.c int main (void) { return 0; } (botcazou@ob) /nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10 $ gcc/xgcc -Bgcc -o t t.c (botcazou@ob) /nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10 $ ldd t libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/local/gnatpro/6.4.2/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libc.so.1 => /lib/libc.so.1 libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 /platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240/lib/libc_psr.so.1 The dependency on libgcc_s.so.1 for a dummy program is new. This is critical because this breaks bootstrap: make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/nfs/nile/nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/libquadmath' make: *** [all-target-libquadmath] Error 2 configure:3386: checking whether the C compiler works configure:3395: ./a.out ld.so.1: ./a.out: fatal: /nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/./gcc/libgcc_s.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 /nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/src/libquadmath/configure: line 1: 10727 Killed ./$ac_file configure:3399: $? = 137 configure:3406: error: in `/nile.build/botcazou/gcc-head/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/sparcv9/libquadmath': configure:3410: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. See `config.log' for more details.
Looking into it.
*** Bug 57265 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed for 4.9.0. Sorry for the mess. Rainer