Fw: gcc 3 won't compile on fresh solaris 8 os

["alexus" <alexus at usa dot com>]

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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: gcc 3 won't compile on fresh solaris 8 os


> bash-2.03# uname -a
> SunOS elvis 5.8 Generic_108528-07 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
> bash-2.03# make -v
> GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
> Built for sparc-sun-solaris2.8
> Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
>         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>.
>
> bash-2.03# gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.0/specs
> Configured with:
>
../configure --disable-nls --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c++,f77,objc
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.0
> bash-2.03#
>
> as you can see from above i'm using solaris .. just installed it and i got
> package of gcc as a package but i rather re-compile it from the source, so
i
> download source code and tryed to compiled .. and here where i'm stuck
at..
>
> bash-2.03# make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty'
> rm -f libiberty.a
> ar rc libiberty.a \
>   argv.o choose-temp.o concat.o cplus-dem.o cp-demangle.o dyn-string.o
> fdmatch.o fnmatch.o getopt.o getopt1.o getpwd.o getruntime.o hashtab.o
hex.o
> floatformat.o lbasename.o md5.o objalloc.o obstack.o partition.o
pexecute.o
> safe-ctype.o sort.o spaces.o splay-tree.o strerror.o strsignal.o xatexit.o
> xexit.o xmalloc.o xmemdup.o xstrdup.o xstrerror.o  asprintf.o mkstemps.o
> setenv.o sigsetmask.o vasprintf.o strncmp.o
> make[1]: ar: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [libiberty.a] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/local/src/gcc-3.0/libiberty'
> make: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2
> bash-2.03#
>
> any bright ideas? anyone?
>
>