Re: error building 4.1 on Solaris 9

[Martin Sebor <sebor at roguewave dot com>]

Andrew Pinski wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Martin Sebor wrote:
>
> > Is there a recommended version of GNU binutils for 4.1? I have been
> > using 2.13 but the latest compiler doesn't seem to be happy with it.
> > I tried the latest, 2.16.1, but I get the same error with it as well.
> > I don't see anything about this in INSTALL/specific.html.
>
>
> You did not follow directions.

Guilty as charged. I guess I never have and I've just been getting
away with it (that is, until now).

>  From http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13486:
>
> - You must tell the configure script that you use GNU binutils and not 
> the Sun
> tools. See http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html

Thank you. Using the options --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld fixed the
error.

> - You don't follow the Solaris-specific instructions to build GCC. See
> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#sparc-sun-solaris2*

I had read this but I didn't see anything relevant and I still
don't even after rereading it. Could you be more specific about
which part I should follow? (The build went fine, I just want
to be sure I don't run into something down the line.)

Thanks
Martin