On 2001.12.31, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Will Yardley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Srivastava, Mohit wrote: > > > we have Solaris 5.7 > > we tried installing GNU C compiler buw were having problems. > > It would be great if u can add for for Solaris . > > a few things... > > 1) you're probably going to need to install packages other than gcc. if > you're using gcc, you should probably use the GNU binutils as well, > rather than the one in /usr/ccs/bin
Why? The only reason I've found to use binutils instead of the /usr/ccs tools is that buggy software sometimes assumes that I'm using binutils syntax if I'm using gcc. I take that as an opportunity to contribute fixes for the buggy software, not a cause to reconfigure gcc to use binutils. :) The /usr/ccs programs work fine with gcc, and keep abreast of changes in Solaris itself much more than the binutils analogues do. > there's a good list somewhere of things you need in order to compile > stuff nicely on slowlaris. In my experience, most third-party software is *needed* only to dodge poor design choices in "free" software. There are many things that are useful, but not needed, though. > LDFLAGS=-Wl,-R/usr/local/lib ./configure --with-libiconv-prefix=/usr/local > > to get mutt to compile. i'm not sure if that's the right way to do it > on solaris but it seemed to work. You can also configure gcc to always run the linker with -R/usr/local/lib (see /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/*-*-solaris*/*/specs), or you can avoid this problem by using LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LD_RUN_PATH as appropriate. -- -D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] NSIT University of Chicago
