Re: build failure on sparc64-sun-solaris2.9

[Paul Eggert]

Aleksandar Milivojevic <address@hidden> writes:

> Sparc64 gcc when built with NLS support (default) has a problem that
> it core dumps from time to time if there are any warnings or errors
> during compilation.  It's a known bug.

Thanks for tracking it down.  I think we can chalk this up to
"please fix your compiler".

> BTW, during install, I got this message for each and every file that
> was copied:
>
> ../../build-aux/install-sh: -: not found

That's due to a POSIX incompatibility in Solaris sh.  A workaround was
installed into coreutils here, and should appear in the next release:

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/coreutils/coreutils/build-aux/install-sh.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.5

> Also, seems like linking of utilities isn't quite optimal.  Running
> ldd on any of them gives a long list of libs.

How long?  For example, here's what I get with Solaris 8 (sparc).  Do
you get anything much longer?

$ ldd /r/share1/bin/sort
        libnsl.so.1 =>   /usr/lib/64/libnsl.so.1
        libsocket.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/64/libsocket.so.1
        libc.so.1 =>     /usr/lib/64/libc.so.1
        libdl.so.1 =>    /usr/lib/64/libdl.so.1
        libmp.so.2 =>    /usr/lib/64/libmp.so.2
        /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-4/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1