Re: Bugs on binutils - verious SUNs . . .

[Peter Klein]

Hallo Eric,

I followed your advice!


>
> > tonite I tried to compile the new version of binutils (2.16.1)
>> on various SUN-Workstations without success.
>>
>> (1) First of all, there saemas to be a bug, if you use
>>     "./configure --prefix /usr/gnu"
>
>The correct syntax is --prefix=/usr/gnu.

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                       
THIS was the issue!

Strange! Up to bunutils 2.14 it did not make any difference.
But times are changeing!

>
>>     I got errors when typeing "make" in the sub directories
>>     "bfd" and "libiberty".
>
>GNU make?
>
gnu make 3.80.

>> When will there be a stable verion arround?
>
>Binutils 2.16.1 works fine for me on SPARC/Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8, 9.
>With Solaris 10 your mileage may vary.
>
>SunOS < 5 is probably not supported anymore.
>
>-- 
>Eric Botcazou
>

Thanx and Merry Chismas

Peter - from Germany