On Sat, 16 Apr 2022, 20:47 Marc Glisse, <marc.glisse@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2022, Jonathan Wakely via Gcc-help wrote: > > >>> Just a guess, but maybe the Go build uses sed or another command like > >>> that, and relies on the POSIX-conforming version in /usr/xpg4/bin > >>> rather than the /usr/bin one. Try putting /usr/xpg4/bin in your path, > >>> just after /opt/mrwgcc/bin > >> > >> Aha! What a great guess -- that fixed it! Thank you so much! > > > > Great! We should document this, if we don't already. And even better > would > > be if the build failed with a clear error mentioning the need for POSIX > sed > > (or whichever command it was). > > https://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-solaris2 says > "The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Solaris tools so, > if you have /usr/xpg4/bin in your PATH, we recommend that you place > /usr/bin before /usr/xpg4/bin for the duration of the build." > > So we actually document the opposite... > Ouch.
