In configure.as we attempt to add compiler flags by detecting whether or not the compiler accepts them. It's unreliable on Solaris:
SVN_CFLAGS_ADD_IFELSE([-fno-inline]) SVN_CFLAGS_ADD_IFELSE([-fno-omit-frame-pointer]) $ touch x.c $ cc -c -fno-omit-frame-pointer x.c cc: Warning: Option -fomit-frame-pointer passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise "x.c", line 1: warning: empty translation unit $ echo $? 0 I think that counts as working as far as SVN_CFLAGS_ADD_IFELSE is concerned, these flags certainly get added. However adding these flags causes the compiler to fail to link: $ echo 'int main(){}' > x.c $ cc -fomit-frame-pointer x.c cc: Warning: Option -fomit-frame-pointer passed to ld, if ld is invoked, ignored otherwise ld: fatal: option -f and building a dynamic executable are incompatible ld: fatal: Flags processing errors So we have to get SVN_CFLAGS_ADD_IFELSE to recognise that these flags should not be added. I suppose we could change the AC_COMPILE_IFELSE to an AC_LINK_IFELSE. -- Philip Martin | Subversion Committer WANdisco // *Non-Stop Data*