Hello, As to switching to gcc 4.9, can my currently installed gcc 3.4.6 build it ? While sticking to the 3.4.6 version, I removed the solaris ld out of the way and am building it with gnu ld. Right now I have the following error : rm -f libv3test.a ar cru libv3test.a testsuite_abi.o testsuite_allocator.o testsuite_hooks.o ranlib libv3test.a touch testsuite_wchar_t /export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6/libstdc++-v3/scripts/create_testsuite_files \ /export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6/libstdc++-v3/testsuite `${PWDCMD-pwd}` /bin/ksh: /export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6/libstdc++-v3/scripts/create_testsuite_files: cannot execute make[6]: *** [testsuite_files] Error 126 make[6]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/sparcv9/libstdc++-v3/testsuite' make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/sparcv9/libstdc++-v3' make[4]: *** [all] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/sparcv9/libstdc++-v3' make[3]: *** [multi-do] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/libstdc++-v3' make[2]: *** [all-multi] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/libstdc++-v3' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/dlsa/code/gcc-3.4.6-build/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/libstdc++-v3' make: *** [all-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 2 Can anyone help me understand what this means ? Thanks Regards Daniel Santos > On 14 Jul 2022, at 09:18, Rainer Orth <ro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On Wed, 13 Jul 2022, 19:55 Daniel Santos via Gcc-help, <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> Hello community, >> >> I am trying to build gcc on Sparc Solaris 9. >> So far I am creating a directory sibling to the source distribution directory and >> running configure from there. >> One thing I don’t understand is why the base configure script does not descend >> automatically to the gcc subfolder. >> I have to go in there and run configure again. >> >> Which shell are you using? >> >> See https://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-solaris2 where it says to use ksh. >> >> While running configure with the command line : ../../gcc-3.4.6/gcc/configure >> —with-gnu-as —with-gnu-ld >> and then make : it builds the files and when it gets to running ld I get the error : >> >> /usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.9/bin/ld: target elf64-sparc not found >> >> I am building this gcc with the same version installed via sunfkeeware >> packages. >> >> The reason for building it is that I need objective-c support and the package >> does not have it. >> >> This ld error indicates that the ld executable being run is from solaris, and not >> the gnu one I have in /usr/local/bin/ld >> >> Can anyone shed some light on this ? >> >> The installation instructions do say to use the native linker, not the GNU binutils >> one. >> Again, see https://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-x-solaris2 >> >> Passing --with-gnu-ld is wrong if it's finding and using the Solaris linker. Either >> adjust your PATH so the GNU one is found first, or stop telling GCC it's GNU ld when >> it isn't. > > Besides, because GCC on Solaris supports two incompatible versions of ld > (Solaris ld and GNU ld), it is crucial to specify the path to the linker > you want to configure with with --with-ld=<path to ld> (both for > /usr/ccs/bin/ld and some version of GNU ld). Otherwise, PATH changes > would randomly break the resulting gcc. > > If you really want to use GNU ld (I don't know why you would, though), > please build and use a recent one: at least what's recommended in > install.texi. You'd probably be able to use GNU ld from current > binutils 2.38, too. > > On top of that, I wouldn't bother with GCC 3.4 at all. Instead, please > use the latest release still supporting Solaris 9, GCC 4.9.4 It's way > better tested and supported than the ancient GCC 3.4. Please consult > the Solaris sections of the bundled install docs in > gcc/doc/install.texi. It contains many hints and caveats to consider > when building GCC. The online version on gcc.gnu.org is for GCC trunk > only: everything pertaining to Solaris versions no longer supported > (i.e. before Solaris 11.3) has been removed. > > Rainer > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University