> Not necessary. If people would simply follow the directions here: > <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#*-*-solaris2*> by setting > CONFIG_SHELL to /bin/ksh before configure;make bootstrap, they > wouldn't have such insane build times. I bet it cuts the 48 hours to > single digits.
Sure, but libgcj build times have escalated, /bin/ksh or not /bin/ksh, and they are getting unreasonable on (low-end) hardware currently sold by Sun. -- Eric Botcazou