Hi Daniel,
> As to switching to gcc 4.9, can my currently installed gcc 3.4.6 build it ?
as documented in install.texi (you absolute need to check it!), GCC 4.9
requires a ISO C++98 compiler, so GC 3.4.6 should be good. If all else
fails, you need to take some intermediate step (like GCC 4.7 which only
needed an ISO C89 compiler).
> While sticking to the 3.4.6 version, I removed the solaris ld out of the
Don't mess around with the installed /usr/ccs/bin/ld. Just pass
--with-ld=<your desired ld> (and --with-gnu-ld or --without-gnu-ld as
needed.
> way and am building it with gnu ld.
Again: why are you so adamant on using GNU ld here? Solaris ld works
way better.
> 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
That script hardcodes /bin/sh which on Solaris 9 probably isn't able to
execute that script. The invocation should be prefixed with $(SHELL)
(initialized from $CONFIG_SHELL) instead.
I'm pretty certain issues like this have been resolved for GCC 4.9/4.8,
so you'd better not bother with GCC 3.4 anymore.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
