[Bug bootstrap/21782] [3.3 Regression] configure: error: unknown endianess

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-06-03 21:47 -------
> I'm not sure that the problem is with binutils.

Indeed, the problem is with the 3.3.x, x >= 4 compiler.  Other versions are
immune.  The problem doesn't show up with Sun tools or Binutils <= 2.14.

> I compiled the conftest.c program with -s and used Sun's assembler
> /usr/ccs/bin/as to assemble the file.  /usr/bin/grep still failed to find the
> string.  Using Gnu grep worked.  For some reason Sun's /usr/bin/grep doesn't
> see the string. 

Sure, but that's not breaking news.  The test ultimately doesn't fail or succeed
because of that on Solaris.  Instead it piggybacks on the Harbison&Steele
runtime test.

> As for not using binutils 2.15 or later, what is the problem with these 
> versions with the exception of the required patch to 2.15? 

See PR bootstrap/14992 for the gory details.

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