CVS compilation problems on Solaris 8

[Phil Edwards]

> From: MSCS Technician <tech@studsys.mscs.mu.edu>

"I'm Mr. Technician, but my friends call me MSCS..."


> I've read the FAQ and platform-specific install notes, so I am aware that
> 64-bit support is not yet ready.  That's fine.  However, I see these same 
> errors above when compiling on an old SparcStation running Solaris 8 in 
> 32-bit mode.

I'm running Solaris 8 under a 64-bit kernel jus' fine.  I get around these
problems by passing --disable-multilib to the top-level configure script.
All the 64-bit/sparcv9 stuff goes away, and the resulting (32-bit) compiler
works great.

The multilib stuff is intended to provide, well, multiple libraries /
ABIs for those platforms which support them (sparc vs sparcv9 on Suns,
o32/n32/64 on SGIs, etc).  It can be a real hassle if you don't need any
of it, but a lifesaver when you do.


Phil