Re: automake-1.9.6 make check failed on Solaris 8

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Frank,

* Frank Middleton wrote on Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:34:21PM CEST:
> Trying to install GCC 4.1.1; the instructions said to install "automake
> versions 1.9.3".

1.9.6 is the most recent stable release (and features only bugfixes over
1.9.3), so that would be the one recommended to use.

> The most recent gcc Sparc binary I could find was 3.4.2.
> The problem I am trying to solve is with "R"  *** caught bus error ***
> address 5, cause 'invalid alignment'.

That can be anything from a compiler or assembler bug to a programming
error in "R".

> Is this an automake problem? Building guile-1.8.0 (required for gcc 4.1.1)
> >sh ./configure
> .....
> checking for __gmpz_init in -lgmp... no
> configure: error: GNU MP not found, see README
> # nm  /usr/local/lib/libgmp.so | grep __gmpz_init
> [897]   |         88736|          64|FUNC |GLOB |0    |13     |__gmpz_init

No.  To find out who is at fault here, look at the part of config.log
that deals with this test.  It usually provides clues as to what is
going wrong here.

> Here's the make check output. If there's anything else you need or if
> there are any other tests you'd like to run please let me know - only
> too happy to help...

> 2 of 517 tests failed

> >uname -a
> SunOS apogee2 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Solaris
> >gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 3.4.2

Please do a
  cd tests
  VERBOSE=x TESTS="ltconv.test subobj9.test" make -e check

and send the output, so we can see whether these bugs have since been
fixed or whether they are unknown.

Thanks,
Ralf