------- Comment #8 from bob at digilink dot net 2006-06-16 09:13 ------- (In reply to comment #6) > > I fixed this problem. But, as I don't have a Solaris box, > > I can't test whether this means that the build works. > > This report was actually invalid, we don't support /bin/sh on Solaris. >
I would like to thank Tom for the amazingly fast response to this bug - and to also apologize for the fact that I have been unable to actually test his fix yet. Given that the problem is solvable, it seems more than just a little odd that your reply is "We don't support /bin/sh on Solaris" My simple question is why not support /bin/sh on Solaris? Having to specify the shell for the config script is more than a little obtuse given that I haven't encountered a single open source software package that requires this and I have been dealing with open source software for the last 13+ years on Solaris. I thought that I had read all of the Solaris notes for building 4.1.1 but even with that effort I missed the link you pointed me to. gcc 4.1.1 for c and c++ compile just fine with /bin/sh for Solaris. If java is going to be 'different' then it should not be included as a standard build language. I don't need it and I'm fairly certain the majority of people building gcc don't need it. If the compatibility with /bin/sh can be solved, why not. The result will be less hassle with bugs like this being filed. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28024
