Re: solaris 10: address@hidden

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, David Lee wrote:
> I'm using GNU/ld; but I'd be happy,as part of the experiments, to try to 
> redirect our "gcc" to use the Solaris/ld.  (How to redirect it?)

I recommend that anyone who installs GCC under Solaris use the Solaris 
linker rather than the GNU linker.  This is based on past experience 
learned the hard way.

The GNU linker may often appear to work under Solaris, but it is not 
really targeted for it.  Every new Solaris release has its own 
nuances, particularly pertaining to shared libraries.  There are many 
issues such as weak symbols, versioned libraries, 32/64bit ABIs, and 
processor/arch type libraries that the portable GNU linker can't 
realistically be expected to keep up with.  The Solaris linker is 
specifically designed to do things the Solaris way.  Apparently the 
"Solaris way" must work since executables dating from the very early 
90's still run correctly today.

In times past, just renaming the GNU linker executable to some other 
name was sufficient for GCC to successfully use the Solaris linker.  I 
don't know if this is still the case.

Bob
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