GCC 4.7 Solaris updates to install.texi
* doc/install.texi (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.[89]): Update binutils reference. (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Remove GCC 4.0 reference. Update binutils references. (Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Mention bundled GCC in Solaris 10 and 11. Update binutils reference. Update Sun as/GNU ld caveat. Document binutils largefile requirement for LTO plugin. Remove referent to alternate libpthread. From-SVN: r185242
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2012-03-12 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
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* doc/install.texi (Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.[89]): Update
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binutils reference.
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(Specific, i?86-*-solaris2.10): Remove GCC 4.0 reference.
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Update binutils references.
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(Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Mention bundled GCC in Solaris 10 and 11.
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Update binutils reference.
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Update Sun as/GNU ld caveat.
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Document binutils largefile requirement for LTO plugin.
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Remove referent to alternate libpthread.
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2012-03-12 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
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* config.gcc (alpha*-dec-osf5.1*): Remove.
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@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ The Sun assembler in Solaris 8 and 9 has several bugs and limitations.
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While GCC works around them, several features are missing, so it is
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@c FIXME: which ones?
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recommended to use the GNU assembler instead. There is no bundled
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version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.21, is known to
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version, but the current version, from GNU binutils 2.22, is known to
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work.
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Solaris@tie{}2/x86 doesn't support the execution of SSE/SSE2 instructions
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@end html
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@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris210}i?86-*-solaris2.10
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Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. This
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configuration is supported by GCC 4.0 and later versions only. Starting
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Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. Starting
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with GCC 4.7, there is also a 64-bit @samp{amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} or
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@samp{x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*} configuration that corresponds to
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@samp{sparcv9-sun-solaris2*}.
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@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. The versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU
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binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19, work fine,
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although the current version, from GNU binutils
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2.21, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in
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2.22, is known to work, too. Recent versions of the Sun assembler in
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@file{/usr/ccs/bin/as} work almost as well, though.
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@c FIXME: as patch requirements?
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linker instead, which is available in @file{/usr/sfw/bin/gld}, note that
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due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils
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2.15, cannot be used, while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils
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2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.21.
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2.19, works, as does the latest version, from GNU binutils 2.22.
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To use GNU @command{as}, configure with the options
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@option{--with-gnu-as --with-as=@//usr/@/sfw/@/bin/@/gas}. It may be necessary
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enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be
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removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed in GCC 4.6.
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Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2, though you can download
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the Sun Studio compilers for free. Alternatively,
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Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2 before Solaris 10, though
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you can download the Sun Studio compilers for free. In Solaris 10 and
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11, GCC 3.4.3 is available in @command{/usr/sfw/bin/gcc}. Solaris 11
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also provides GCC 4.5.2 in @command{/usr/gcc/4.5/bin/gcc}. Alternatively,
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you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the
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@uref{binaries.html,,binaries page} for details.
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conjunction with the Sun linker. The GNU @command{as}
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versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15, and Solaris 11,
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from GNU binutils 2.19, are known to work. They can be found in
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@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.21)
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@file{/usr/sfw/bin/gas}. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.22)
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are known to work as well. Note that your mileage may vary
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if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Sun tools: while the
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combination GNU @command{as} + Sun @command{ld} should reasonably work,
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the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} is known to
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cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
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the reverse combination Sun @command{as} + GNU @command{ld} may fail to
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build or cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
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@c FIXME: still?
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GNU @command{ld} usually works as well, although the version included in
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Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current
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version (2.21) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
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features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}.
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version (2.22) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
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features, so better stay with Sun @command{ld}. To use the LTO linker
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plugin (@option{-fuse-linker-plugin}) with GNU @command{ld}, GNU
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binutils @emph{must} be configured with @option{--enable-largefile}.
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To enable symbol versioning in @samp{libstdc++} with Sun @command{ld},
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you need to have any version of GNU @command{c++filt}, which is part of
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117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for
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SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem.
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Solaris@tie{}8 provides an alternate implementation of the thread libraries,
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@samp{libpthread} and @samp{libthread}. They are required for TLS
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support and have been made the default in Solaris@tie{}9, so they are always
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used on Solaris@tie{}8.
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Solaris@tie{}8 provides an alternate implementation of the thread
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library @samp{libthread}. It is required for TLS support and has
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been made the default in Solaris@tie{}9, so it is always used on
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Solaris@tie{}8.
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Thread-local storage (TLS) is supported in Solaris@tie{}8 and 9, but requires
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some patches. The @samp{libthread} patches provide the
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