Solaris GNU ld 2.8.* warning

[Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>]

I saw this while building gcc-2.95 from cvs:

*** Warning: The releases 2.8.* of the GNU linker cannot reliably
*** create shared libraries on Solaris systems.  Therefore, libtool
*** is disabling shared libraries support.  We urge you to upgrade GNU
*** binutils to release 2.9.1 or newer.  Another option is to modify
*** your PATH or compiler configuration so that the native linker is
*** used, and then restart.

Just thought I'd let you know that GNU ld 2.9.1 is also broken on Solaris.
Try the following test case:

Compile the following using ld 2.9.1 with -lX11 -lxnet

#include <X11/Xlib.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    XOpenDisplay(NULL);
    return 0;
}

Run the result and core dump.  Now, remove the -lxnet and everything is
fine.  ld 2.8.1 and Solaris ld work fine.  I believe this was fixed
in more recent ld's but I do not know the exact version.

Just a heads up.

--
Brian Ford
Software Engineer
Vital Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
Fax:   314-551-8444