While building the gcc 3.4.3 I see this warning : updating cache ./config.cache loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
*** Warning: the GNU linker, at least up to release 2.9.1, is reported *** to be unable to reliably create shared libraries on AIX. *** Therefore, libtool is disabling shared libraries support. If you *** really care for shared libraries, you may want to modify your PATH *** so that a non-GNU linker is found, and then restart. checking for objdir... .libs checking for /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc option to produce PIC... -DPIC checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc PIC flag -DPIC works... yes checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc static flag -static works... no finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 12289 checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... no c Should we hide (rename) the gnu linker, ld into gld, to avoid such problems ? ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List openpkg-dev@openpkg.org