egcs-1.1b and gld/gas build problems on Solaris

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On 14 Oct 1998, Marat Boshernitsan wrote:
> Ok, that worked, thanks.  I did look at the FAQ, but missed this entry
> because I was looking for gld-related info (since that's where my gcc
> was dying).

Good point!

> May I suggest that this FAQ entry be rephrased somewhat along these
> lines:

Thanks for your hint. I have just installed the following update to our
FAQ. Would that have helped you in your original search?

(Clearly any further hints about the FAQ are most welcome!)

Gerald

Index: faq.html
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<   <li><a href="#gas">GCC can not find GAS</a>
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>   <li><a href="#gas">GCC can not find GNU as/GNU ld</a>
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< <h2><a name="gas">GCC can not find GAS</a></h2>
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> <h2><a name="gas">GCC can not find GNU as/GNU ld</a></h2>
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< assembler instead of the system assembler.  To ensure that EGCS finds the GNU
< assembler, you should configure the GNU assembler with the same --prefix
< option as you used for EGCS.  Then build & install the GNU assembler.  After
< the GNU assembler has been installed, proceed with building EGCS.
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> assembler instead of the system assembler. To ensure that EGCS finds the GNU
> assembler (the GNU loader), you should configure these with the same --prefix
> option as you used for EGCS.  Then build & install GNU as (GNU ld) and
> proceed with building EGCS.