Re: egcs 1.1b on sparc solaris2.5.1

[Jean-Michel Paris <Jean-Michel dot Paris at pt dot nce dot sita dot int>]

 

Rafie, Yasir A. wrote:

I've decided to move to egcs 1.1b on a sparc solaris 2.5.1.

I'm wondering if I should install the gnu binutils or rely on the system as and ld etc.

I've just had this problem a few days ago. Indeed, you can't use the native
ld. Because
you rapidly reach the max STAB size entry during a linking.
So I've installed binutils-2.9.1, thus egcs-1.1a. Now all works fine
& quickly !
> If I do need to
> build gnu binutils, It seems that I can untar the binutils tar file under
> the egcs1.1b source tree.
> I need to confirm how to do this and
> where to put it.
I didn't try that. I made two separate installations.

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