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Re: Request for Assistance: GCC 3.3.1 Code-Gen Problems
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:47:02PM +0200, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> No, setting CONFIG_SHELL is strongly recommended, otherwise we get bootstrap
> failures with libstdc++ and libjava on Solaris 8 and earlier (Solaris 9' sh
> seems to be more cooperative in this matter).
>
> I never ran into the problem (but I don't install that often) so I initially
> thought this was a Bash issue, but Phil references bug 11273, which seems to
> point to a libtool issue. It might be a subtle interaction between libtool
> and the config shell.
Yes, libtool sometimes fails on Solaris if CONFIG_SHELL is not set, however,
the exact point of error doesn't seem reproduceable. Some kind of bug in
the Solaris /bin/sh.