On 07/09/2007, Akhilesh Mritunjai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm a bit miffed with all the troubles getting the numerous open source 
> programs to compile under nevada with gcc. The most frequent and annoying 
> problem is when the linker is assumed to be GNU ld, and is passed specific 
> parameters (eg. --with-version-script), which the SUN ld (in /usr/ccs/bin) 
> does not understand.
>
> The problem is compounded by the fact(?) that the FULL path to ld has been 
> hard coded during gcc compilation as /usr/ccs/bin/ld... hence it is 
> impossible to symlink /usr/sfw/bin/gld as /use/sfw/bin/ld and put that in the 
> path first and just leave /usr/ccs alone.
>
> Any insights on why it was done like this ? Studio 11/12 come with their own 
> ld so why is there a copy of ld in /usr/ccs/bin ? and why gcc isn't 
> configured to use gld ? How is it "supposed" to work ?
>

Don't symlink. Set your environment variables or configure options as
appropriate.

-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. " --Donald Knuth
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