------- Comment #1 from rob1weld at aol dot com 2009-01-02 13:46 ------- Prior to changing "gcc/config/i386/sol2-10.h":
u...@opensolaris:/usr/share/src/gcc_build# /usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/xgcc -v -B/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/ -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/ -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/include -isystem /usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/sys-include -m64 -c -g -O2 test_gcc_1.c ... GNU C (GCC) version 4.4.0 20090101 (experimental) (i386-pc-solaris2.11) compiled by GNU C version 4.2.2, GMP version 4.2.1, MPFR version 2.3.2. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: 0e3e878a55369e9ed157733a6752ae45 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-B/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/include' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/sys-include' '-m64' '-c' '-g' '-O2' '-mtune=generic' /usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/as -V -Qy -xarch=generic64 -s -o test_gcc_1.o /var/tmp//cc2mayli.s GNU assembler version 2.19 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.19 /usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/as: unrecognized option `-xarch=generic64' u...@opensolaris:/usr/share/src/gcc_build# After changing "gcc/config/i386/sol2-10.h": u...@opensolaris:/usr/share/src/gcc_build# /usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/xgcc -v -B/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/ -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/ -B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/include -isystem /usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/sys-include -m64 -c -g -O2 test_gcc_1.c ... GNU C (GCC) version 4.4.0 20090101 (experimental) (i386-pc-solaris2.11) compiled by GNU C version 4.2.2, GMP version 4.2.1, MPFR version 2.3.2. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: 0e3e878a55369e9ed157733a6752ae45 COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-B/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/include' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/sys-include' '-m64' '-c' '-g' '-O2' '-mtune=generic' /usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/as -V -Qy --64 -s -o test_gcc_1.o /var/tmp//ccU3aynm.s GNU assembler version 2.19 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.19 COMPILER_PATH=/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/:/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/:/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/:/usr/ccs/bin/ LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/amd64/:/usr/lib/amd64/:/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/:/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/:/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-B/usr/share/src/gcc_build/gcc/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin/' '-B/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/lib/' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/include' '-isystem' '/usr/local/i386-pc-solaris2.11/sys-include' '-m64' '-c' '-g' '-O2' '-mtune=generic' u...@opensolaris:/usr/share/src/gcc_build# If "USE_GAS" in "gcc/config/i386/sol2-10.h" was set in the root ./configure on the basis of "--with-as=/usr/gnu/bin/as" and "--with-gnu-as" in a combination of whether the platform was "sparc" or "i386" then we could get past this block in the build. It is unclear (to me) if the original author intended that Sun's assembler could be used instead of binutils' "as" (unlikely?) or if they were uncertain of which commands are used by each version (unlikely?). OpenSolaris' "as" (one of them) is called "fbe" (sunas) and accepts "-m32" and "-m64". The man page (2008/04/23) also says that this "as" only will accept "-xarch=" arguments for the Sparc Platform. If I knew what the original author intended I could suggest a proper fix. It would seem that either the root configure.ac needs to be modified to set "USE_GAS" correctly _or_ line 27 (the "#ifndef USE_GAS") in the file "gcc/config/i386/sol2-10.h" could check if we are x86 or sparc . Rob -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38693