build problems on solaris 2.8

[Ish Rattan]

change your search PATH such that /usr/local/bin comes before /usr/ccs/bin

-ishwar

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 George.R.Goffe@seagate.com wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to build snapshots and ultimately submit bug reports.
> Unfortunately I'm continually having troubles building the snapshots and
> other gnu type software due to what I would call a configure problem. Let
> me explain. I have a solaris 2.8 system with an ld and as in /usr/ccs/bin,
> /usr/local/bin (binutils pkg) and a third directory that's versioned for
> the os (i.e., /usr/lsd/SunOS.5.8). Without removing all the ld/as pairs the
> configure script seems to always find the /usr/ccs/bin ld/as which is NOT
> what I want. Ideally, I would like to see configure take the --prefix= key
> value as a HINT as to where to start looking for the "things" it needs
> (like bison, ld, as, grep, etc.). Is this too much to ask? Does anyone else
> think this is a good idea? Does anyone have any ideas as to how this
> problem can be solved?
>
> Regards,
>
> George...
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