Re: Help gcc compilation on Solaris 8

[Kai Ruottu <karuottu at mbnet dot fi>]

Ashwani Bhat wrote:
> Can you please help me. I am trying to build gcc-v4.1.0 on solaris 8. I
> am using gcc-v3.2.3 to built this. I am having issues in the "make
> install" for "libstdc++". Here is the erorr log.
>
> ***************************************************************
>
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp//ccz2Z7C7.s", line 10: error: unknown opcode
> ".symver"
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp//ccz2Z7C7.s", line 10: error: invalid
> character (0x40)
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp//ccz2Z7C7.s", line 10: error: statement
> syntax
>   
As you can see all these errors came from the '/usr/ccs/bin/as', from 
the "original" Sun Solaris8
assembler!   Maybe you should use the GNU assembler from the GNU 
binutils?  Have you read
the "target specific install notes" from your nice "GCC Install" 
manual?  Surely your gcc-3.2.3
came with it just as your new gcc-4.1.0 provides it and building it 
either happens automatically
or is highly recommended.  Or you could consult the online docs at 
'http://gcc.gnu.org'. Anyway
when not having any real Sparc/Solaris8 system, I have built only 
crosscompilers for it and the
gcc-4.1.0 succeeded nicely with the GNU 'as', 'ld' etc., these being the 
only choice with cross GCCs:

Reading specs from 
/data2/usr/local/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/sparc-solaris2.8/4.1.0/specs
Target: sparc-solaris2.8
Configured with: ../configure --build=i686-linux-gnu 
--host=i686-linux-gnu --target=sparc-solaris2.8 --with-gnu-as 
--with-gnu-ld --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-languages=c,c++
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.0

BTW, the current 'bug-fix' gcc-4.1 release is the '4.1.1', not the 
'4.1.0', we both should use it! It
is vain for you to use the unfixed 4.1.0 and I could have some motive to 
update...

Maybe the install notes tell that the Sun binutils should work too, or 
that some patch fix should
be installed into them. In any case reading them first and after that 
asking here if there are still
problems despite of doing that, is recommended. People on the maillists 
are not manual substitutes!
I only have experience about the Solaris8/x86 and for it there were a 
big amount of 'patches' to
install before some usual things like Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird etc. 
could work...

Ok, I made a quick look at the:

     http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#sparc-sun-solaris2

and saw there quite a lot problems mentioned with the Sun 'as'....