Re: Support 64-bit default GCC on Solaris/x86

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Brooks Moses wrote:

> On 10/31/2011 06:14 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
> > In version 4.7, GCC will gain a 64-bit default Solaris/x86
> > configuration, similar to the existing sparcv9-sun-solaris2
> > configurations.  In order for that to work with GNU ld (Sun ld works out
> > of the box), I had to make the following minor patch to libtool.m4.
> >
> > This patch has been tested with a slightly earlier version already
> > included in the gcc repository for Go support.  There's an effort
> > underway to upgrade the libtool in gcc to 2.4.2.  A gcc bootstrap with
> > 64-bit gld and this patch included completed without regressions.
>
> Looks like this is essentially equivalent to the patch from Fabian Groffen 
> that I recently committed:
>
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtool.git;a=commitdiff;h=eee4f853019cc246b1d65054771f85ef500098ff
>
> The distinction is that you match only "x86_64-*-solaris2.1[[0-9]]*", while 
> Fabian's patch matches "x86_64-*-solaris*".  Is there a need for the 
> more-complex pattern?  If so, I can make an amended commit.

Fabian's version looks fine to me.

Bob
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