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@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ Necessary to build libgcj, the GCJ runtime.
Necessary to build link-time optimization (LTO) support. It can be
downloaded from @uref{http://www.mr511.de/software/libelf-0.8.12.tar.gz},
-though it is commonly available in several systems.
+though it is commonly available in several systems. The versions in
+IRIX 5 and 6 don't work since they lack @file{gelf.h}. The version in
+recent releases of Solaris 11 does work, previous ones don't yet.
The @option{--with-libelf} configure option should be used if libelf is
not installed in your default library search patch.
@@ -3463,12 +3465,30 @@ found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}.
@end html
@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
-configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only.
-
-It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler in
-@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas} but the Sun linker, using the options
-@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --without-gnu-ld
---with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld}.
+configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only. Unlike
+@samp{sparcv9-sun-solaris2*}, there is no corresponding 64-bit
+configuration like @samp{amd64-*-solaris2*} or @samp{x86_64-*-solaris2*}.
+@c FIXME: will there ever be?
+
+It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler, in
+@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. The versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU
+binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, work fine,
+although the latest (as of 2010-04-01) version, from GNU binutils
+2.20.1, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in
+@file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though.
+@c FIXME: as patch requirements?
+
+For linking, the Sun linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU
+linker instead, which is available in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}, note that
+due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils
+2.15, cannot be used, while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils
+2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.20.1.
+
+To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options
+@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. It may be necessary
+to configure with @option{--without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld} to
+guarantee use of Sun @command{ld}.
+@c FIXME: why --without-gnu-ld --with-ld?
@html
<hr />
@@ -4063,12 +4083,18 @@ supported as cross-compilation target only.
@c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided.
@heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2*
-Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2. To bootstrap and install
-GCC you first have to install a pre-built compiler, see the
+Support for Solaris 7 has been obsoleted in GCC 4.5, but can still be
+enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be
+removed in GCC 4.6.
+
+Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2, though you can download
+the Sun Studio compilers for free from
+@uref{http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/}. Alternatively,
+you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the
@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
The Solaris 2 @command{/bin/sh} will often fail to configure
-@file{libstdc++-v3}, @file{boehm-gc} or @file{libjava}. We therefore
+@samp{libstdc++-v3}, @samp{boehm-gc} or @samp{libjava}. We therefore
recommend using the following initial sequence of commands
@smallexample
@@ -4076,9 +4102,10 @@ recommend using the following initial sequence of commands
% export CONFIG_SHELL
@end smallexample
+@noindent
and proceed as described in @uref{configure.html,,the configure instructions}.
In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
-@var{srcdir}/configure.
+@command{@var{srcdir}/configure}.
Solaris 2 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
are needed to use GCC fully, namely @code{SUNWarc},
@@ -4101,28 +4128,21 @@ The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
have @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} in your @env{PATH}, we recommend that you place
@file{/usr/bin} before @file{/usr/xpg4/bin} for the duration of the build.
-We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.14 or later, or the vendor tools
-(Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). Note that your mileage may vary
+We recommend the use of the vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun
+@command{ld}), or eventually GNU @command{as}. The GNU @command{as}
+versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11,
+from GNU binutils 2.19, are known to work. They can be found in
+@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.20.1 as of
+2010-04-01) are known work either. Note that your mileage may vary
if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the
combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
-
-The stock GNU binutils 2.15 release is broken on this platform because of a
-single bug. It has been fixed on the 2.15 branch in the CVS repository.
-You can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_15-branch
-from the CVS repository or applying the patch
-@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2004-09/msg00036.html} to the
-release.
-
-We recommend the use of GNU binutils 2.16 or later in conjunction with GCC
-4.x, or the vendor tools (Sun @command{as}, Sun @command{ld}). However,
-for Solaris 10 and above, an additional patch is required in order for the
-GNU linker to be able to cope with a new flavor of shared libraries. You
-can obtain a working version by checking out the binutils-2_16-branch from
-the CVS repository or applying the patch
-@uref{http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2005-07/msg00122.html} to the
-release.
+@c FIXME: still?
+GNU @command{ld} usually works either, though the version included in
+Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current
+version (2.20.1) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
+features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}.
Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers
@@ -4153,7 +4173,7 @@ SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
@end html
@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris2}sparc-sun-solaris2*
-When GCC is configured to use binutils 2.14 or later the binaries
+When GCC is configured to use GNU binutils 2.14 or later, the binaries
produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun's native tools;
this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
information.
@@ -4183,7 +4203,7 @@ and 5.5 (Sun ONE Studio 8) of the Sun compiler, which causes a bootstrap
failure in form of a miscompilation of the stage1 compiler by the Sun
compiler. This is Sun bug 4974440. This is fixed with patch 112760-07.
-GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from STABS to DWARF-2 for
+GCC 3.4 changed the default debugging format from Stabs to DWARF-2 for
32-bit code on Solaris 7 and later. If you use the Sun assembler, this
change apparently runs afoul of Sun bug 4910101 (which is referenced as
an x86-only problem by Sun, probably because they do not use DWARF-2).
@@ -4196,13 +4216,14 @@ ld: warning: relocation error: R_SPARC_UA32: @dots{}
.debug_info cannot be processed at runtime: relocation ignored.
@end smallexample
+@noindent
To work around this problem, compile with @option{-gstabs+} instead of
plain @option{-g}.
When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) or the MPFR
library on a Solaris 7 or later system, the canonical target triplet
must be specified as the @command{build} parameter on the configure
-line. This triplet can be obtained by invoking ./config.guess in
+line. This triplet can be obtained by invoking @command{./config.guess} in
the toplevel source directory of GCC (and not that of GMP or MPFR).
For example on a Solaris 7 system:
@@ -4215,6 +4236,9 @@ For example on a Solaris 7 system:
@end html
@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris27}sparc-sun-solaris2.7
+@emph{Note} that this configuration has been obsoleted in GCC 4.5, and will be
+removed in GCC 4.6.
+
Sun patch 107058-01 (1999-01-13) for Solaris 7/SPARC triggers a bug in
the dynamic linker. This problem (Sun bug 4210064) affects GCC 2.8
and later, including all EGCS releases. Sun formerly recommended
@@ -4252,13 +4276,14 @@ the Solaris 7 Recommended Patch Cluster.
GCC 3.3 triggers a bug in version 5.0 Alpha 03/27/98 of the Sun assembler,
which causes a bootstrap failure when linking the 64-bit shared version of
-libgcc. A typical error message is:
+@samp{libgcc}. A typical error message is:
@smallexample
ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_32: file libgcc/sparcv9/_muldi3.o:
symbol <unknown>: offset 0xffffffff7ec133e7 is non-aligned.
@end smallexample
+@noindent
This bug has been fixed in the final 5.0 version of the assembler.
A similar problem was reported for version Sun WorkShop 6 99/08/18 of the
@@ -4270,6 +4295,7 @@ ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32:
symbol <unknown>: offset 0xfccd33ad is non-aligned
@end smallexample
+@noindent
This bug has been fixed in more recent revisions of the assembler.
@html
@@ -4285,6 +4311,7 @@ ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22: file /var/tmp//ccamPA1v.o:
symbol <unknown>: bad symbol type SECT: symbol type must be TLS
@end smallexample
+@noindent
This bug is fixed in Sun patch 118683-03 or later.
@html
@@ -4318,6 +4345,7 @@ step in order to bootstrap this target with the Sun compiler:
% CC="cc -xarch=v9 -xildoff" @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
@end smallexample
+@noindent
@option{-xarch=v9} specifies the SPARC-V9 architecture to the Sun toolchain
and @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker.
@@ -4326,7 +4354,7 @@ and @option{-xildoff} turns off the incremental linker.
@end html
@heading @anchor{sparcv9-x-solaris2}sparcv9-*-solaris2*
-This is a synonym for sparc64-*-solaris2*.
+This is a synonym for @samp{sparc64-*-solaris2*}.
@html
<hr />