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On Fri, 2 Nov 2012, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Rainer (or others), > > the FAQ entry below seems obsolete to me (dates back more than a > decade). Shall we remove it, or is there something else we still > should document (in addition to gcc/doc/install.texi)? > > Gerald > > Index: faq.html > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/java/faq.html,v > retrieving revision 1.69 > diff -u -3 -p -r1.69 faq.html > --- faq.html 2 Nov 2012 19:59:34 -0000 1.69 > +++ faq.html 2 Nov 2012 20:29:12 -0000 > @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ > <ol> > <li><a href="#3_1">I need something more recent than the last > release; how > should I build it?</a></li> > - <li><a href="#3_2">Linker bug on Solaris</a></li> > </ol> > </li> > <li><a href="#4_0">Gcj Compile/Link Questions</a> > @@ -278,33 +277,6 @@ $ gij HelloWorld > </dd> > </dl> > > - <hr /> > - <h3><a name="3_2">3.2 Linker bug on Solaris</a></h3> > - <dl> > - <dd> > - There is a known problem with the <a > href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-10/msg00159.html";> > - native Solaris linker</a> when using gcc/gcj. A good indication > you've > - run into this problem is if you get an error that looks like the > following > - when building libgcj: > - <pre> > -ld: warning: option -o appears more than once, first setting taken > -ld: fatal: file libfoo.so: cannot open file: No such file or directory > -ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to .libs/libfoo.so > -collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > - </pre> > - A known workaround for this and other reported link problems on > the > - various releases of Solaris is to build gcc/gcj with the <a > href="ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/snapshots";> > - latest GNU binutils</a> instead of the native Solaris <tt>ld</tt>. > The > - most straightforward way to do this is to build and install > binutils, > - and then reference it in the configure for gcc via > <tt>--with-ld=/path_to_binutils_install/bin/ld</tt> > - (<tt>--with-as</tt> may also be similarly specified but is not > believed > - to be required). > - <br /> > - Please note, gcc/gcj must be built using GNU ld prior to doing a > - clean build of libgcj! > - </dd> > - </dl> > - > <h2><a name="4_0">Gcj Compile/Link Questions</a></h2> > > <h3><a name="4_1">4.1 Why do I get <tt>undefined reference to > `main'</tt>
