[OT] Re: compile problems on Solaris8

[Michael Stassen <stassenm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,

According to Sun <http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware.html>, gcc
2.95.3 is included on the "Solaris Software Companion CD" which is part of
Solaris 8, Update 07/01.  There are links there to download the entire CD
or individual packages from it.  I have not tried it, but I assume this is
what is meant by "SFW version of gcc that comes with Solaris
2.8".  (SFW=SunFreeWare?)

Personally, I am biased towards building from source.  As I said in my
previous message, I've had better luck since I used the sunfreeware gcc
2.95.3 binary to build (and install) gcc 2.95.3 from source.  YMMV.

Michael

On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Matthew Dougherty wrote:

> I hate to show my ignorance but I am unfamiliar with "SFW version of
> gcc that comes with Solaris 2.8".
> 
> Could you clue me in?
> 
> By the way, it is correct that I am using gcc 2.95.3 from the
> sunfreeware binary distribution.  It's been a pain for several
> applications. (OpenSSH, etc).
> 
> Matt.
> 
> George Horvath wrote:
> 
> > Michael Widenius wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stassen <stassenm@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > <cut>
> > >
> > > Michael>   * everyone who has reported this was using the precompiled binary of gcc
> > > Michael>   (either 2.95.2 or 2.95.3) from Sunfreeware to build MySQL for Solaris 8
> > > Michael>   sparc.
> > >
> > > Michael>   * No one has spoken up to report success with this combination.
> > >
> > > Michael>   * No one who built gcc from source has reported this problem.
> > >
> > > Michael> Unless a new piece of information comes in, it seems clear to me that
> > > Michael> configure doesn't like sunfreeware's pre-compiled copy of gcc for Solaris
> > > Michael> 8 sparc.  It would be nice if someone from MySQL would tell us just what
> > > Michael> configure is doing when it declares sunfreeware's gcc a cross-compiler,
> > > Michael> and could confirm whether this is a configure problem or a gcc problem.
> > >
> > > I have now added a note about this in our online manual.
> > > (Sorry, I thought we already had done this).
> > >
> > > The bottom line seems to be that one should not use the gcc compiler
> > > from sunfreeware but instead use the SFW version of gcc that comes
> > > with Solaris 2.8 or download the gcc source and compile it.
> > >
> > > The reason configure declares sunfreeware a cross compiler is that
> > > gcc succeed in compiling a simple test program but the program would
> > > not run. Based on this configure concludes that the compiler doesn't
> > > generate a working binary for this architecture and must thus be a
> > > cross compiler to another architecture.
> >
> > Ok, I followed your advice and removed the soaris built gcc from sunfreeware and downloaded the source instead.  How ever now
> > I am getting this message when I try to compile gcc:
> >
> > # /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu
> > Configuring for a sparc-sun-solaris2.8 host.
> > Created "Makefile" in /usr/local/objdir using "mh-frag"
> > /usr/ucb/cc:  language optional software package not installed
> > *** The command '/usr/ucb/cc -o conftest -g   conftest.c' failed.
> > *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
> >
> > How do I find out what package am I missing?  Can someone point to a site with a good solaris 8 build of gcc I can use instead
> > of sunfreeware.  I really prefer not to spend time on debugging the Sun compiler.  Unless of course it's just a simple
> > addition of a package.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Monty
> > >
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