No bootstrap on Solaris 2.7

[Jeff Sturm]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Martin Kahlert wrote:
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp//ccuduHks.s", line 3101: error: can't
> compute value of an expression involving an external symbol

This is PR java/5183, BTW.  You could try rth's proposed fix:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-01/msg00033.html

> PS: I am eager to get the Solaris gcj running to compare the performance
>     with the Tower tools. Unfortunately, gcj only runs like a charm on Linux,
>     where do not have the license for the Tower compiler.

Cool.  Let us know how it goes.  In my tests I found some slowdowns on
Solaris wrt. Linux (on identical hardware).  The problem is in the 
runtime, I'm pretty sure.  (Anyone know any good profiling tools for
solaris?)

Jeff