From 0e96b2039c173f64bccd8bff915c1920e59594cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:38:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install.texi (ix86-*-solaris*): Removed, outdated. * doc/install.texi (ix86-*-solaris*): Removed, outdated. (*-*-solaris*): Document problem in /bin/sh that affects configuring libraries. (sparc-*-solaris*): Recommend GNU binutils 2.11.1 or vendor tools. (*-sun-solaris2.8): Document linker problem that explains why libjava is disabled by default. From-SVN: r43303 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++ gcc/doc/install.texi | 35 ++++++++++++++++------------------- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 56403837ab3..92c267f188e 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2001-06-13 Alexandre Oliva + + * doc/install.texi (ix86-*-solaris*): Removed, outdated. + (*-*-solaris*): Document problem in /bin/sh that affects + configuring libraries. + (sparc-*-solaris*): Recommend GNU binutils 2.11.1 or vendor tools. + (*-sun-solaris2.8): Document linker problem that explains why + libjava is disabled by default. + 2001-06-09 Mark Mitchell Revert this patch: diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 7066e6f2a1f..940b4aadf6e 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ @settitle Installing GCC: Binaries @end ifset -@comment $Id: install.texi,v 1.19 2001/06/11 21:29:37 mmitchel Exp $ +@comment $Id: install.texi,v 1.20 2001/06/12 19:36:53 jsm28 Exp $ @c Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c *** Converted to texinfo by Dean Wakerley, dean@wakerley.com @@ -1204,8 +1204,6 @@ GNU Compiler Collection on your machine. @item @uref{#ix86-*-sco3.2v5*,,i?86-*-sco3.2v5*} @item -@uref{#ix86-*-solaris*,,i?86-*-solaris*} -@item @uref{#ix86-*-udk,,i?86-*-udk} @item @uref{#ix86-*-isc,,i?86-*-isc} @@ -1947,19 +1945,6 @@ running as @file{/usr/lib/ld.so.1}. This problem has been reported to SCO engineering and will hopefully be addressed in later releases. -@html -

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-@end html -@heading @anchor{ix86-*-solaris*}i?86-*-solaris* - -GCC 2.95.2, when configured to use the GNU assembler, would invoke -it with the @code{-s} switch, that GNU as up to 2.9.5.0.12 does -not support. If you'd rather not use a newer GNU as nor the native -assembler, you'll need the patch -@uref{x86-sol2-gas.patch,,@file{x86-sol2-gas.patch}}. - - @html

@@ -2911,6 +2896,12 @@ error: can't compute value of an expression involving an external symbol.} This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 and has been fixed in later (5.x) versions of the assembler. +Solaris' /bin/sh will often fail to configure libstdc++-v3, boehm-gc or +libjava. If you encounter this problem, set @var{CONFIG_SHELL} to +@code{/bin/ksh} in your environment and run @samp{make bootstrap} again. +Another possibility that sometimes helps is to remove +@code{*-*-solaris*/config.cache}. + @html

@@ -2957,8 +2948,9 @@ On Solaris 2, trying to use the linker and other tools in For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove @file{/usr/ucb} from your @code{PATH}. -binutils 2.9.1 has known bugs on this platform. We recommend to use -binutils 2.10 or the vendor tools (Sun as, Sun ld). +All releases of GNU binutils prior to 2.11.1 have known bugs on this +platform. We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.11.1 or the vendor +tools (Sun as, Sun ld). Unfortunately, C++ shared libraries, including libstdc++, won't work properly if assembled with Sun as: the linker will complain about @@ -2966,7 +2958,6 @@ relocations in read-only sections, in the definition of virtual tables. Also, Sun as fails to process long symbols resulting from mangling template-heavy C++ function names. - @html

@@ -3026,6 +3017,12 @@ will assume that any missing type is 'int' (as defined by C89). For Solaris 8, this is fixed by revision 24 or later of patch 108652 (for SPARCs) or 108653 (for Intels). +Solaris 8's linker fails to link some libjava programs if +previously-installed GCC java libraries already exist in the configured +prefix. For this reason, libgcj is disabled by default on Solaris 8. +If you use GNU ld, or if you don't have a previously-installed libgcj in +the same prefix, use @option{--enable-libgcj} to build and install the +Java libraries. @html

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