[bug-gnu-libiconv] Re: Unable to build libiconv 1.13.1 on OpenSolaris

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> I'll try another gcc version.
> 
> What I find a bit annoying sometimes is that it is far from rare to find one 
> has 
> to use one version of gcc to build a bit of code, only to find that version 
> will 
> not build another bit of code. So one has to use different versions to build 
> different bits of code.  GCC is not as well tested on Solaris as it is on 
> Linux.

You and others can help by submitting GCC bug reports in those cases where you
can isolate a malfunction in GCC to a single small fine. But you cannot expect
an answer when you say "iconv does not build, gives this and that link error".
You have to reduce to a case where you can pinpoint "for this single file,
gcc fails to emit a .globl directive for symbol X". Then your bug report will be
heard.

Bruno