From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-05-28T00:52:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem compiling extension on Solaris

On Wednesday, 28 May 2003 at  0:48:22 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
> 
> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> > HI,
> > 
> > In message "Re: Problem compiling extension on Solaris"
> >     on 03/05/27, nobu.nokada@softhome.net <nobu.nokada@softhome.net> writes:
> > 
> 
> FWIW, the --with-gnu-ld option fails for me on my Solaris box no matter 
> what package I use , not just Ruby.  I'm guessing it's a bug in 
> autoconf.  I usually resort to this:
> 
> cd /usr/ccs/bin;
> mv ld ld.orig;
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/ld ld (perhaps backwards - I always forget)
> 
> Then build and "mv ld.orig ld" when I'm done.
 
 Hmmm, interesting. On my solaris system, I can't turn of gnu ld.
 When compiling ruby I resort to modifying ./configure to say
 gnuld = no.

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Jim Freeze
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