Apart from minor updates, this patch is primarily an important caveat
about binutils PR ld/32580, which has broken the binutils 2.44 ld on
Solaris/x86.
Tested on i386-pc-solaris2.11, committed to trunk.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
2025-02-11 Rainer Orth <[email protected]>
gcc:
* doc/install.texi (Specific, *-*-solaris2*): Updates for newer
Solaris 11.4 SRUs and binutils 2.44.
# HG changeset patch
# Parent e96fa536cfda3b63e25f7fa1bd6b17875d7ec056
doc: Update install.texi for GCC 15
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -4840,7 +4840,7 @@ Support for Solaris 10 has been removed
9 has been removed in GCC 5. Support for Solaris 8 has been removed in
GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed in GCC 4.6.
-Solaris 11.4 provides one or more of GCC 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
+Solaris 11.4 provides one or more of GCC 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
You need to install the @code{system/header}, @code{system/linker}, and
@code{developer/assembler} packages.
@@ -4862,7 +4862,7 @@ conjunction with the Solaris linker.
The GNU @command{as} versions included in Solaris 11.4, from GNU
binutils 2.30.1 or newer (in @file{/usr/bin/gas} and
@file{/usr/gnu/bin/as}), are known to work. The version from GNU
-binutils 2.42 is known to work as well. Recent versions of the Solaris
+binutils 2.44 is known to work as well. Recent versions of the Solaris
assembler in @file{/usr/bin/as} work almost as well, though. To use GNU
@command{as}, configure with the options @option{--with-gnu-as
--with-as=@//usr/@/gnu/@/bin/@/as}.
@@ -4870,9 +4870,12 @@ assembler in @file{/usr/bin/as} work alm
For linking, the Solaris linker is preferred. If you want to use the
GNU linker instead, the version in Solaris 11.4, from GNU binutils
2.30.1 or newer (in @file{/usr/gnu/bin/ld} and @file{/usr/bin/gld}),
-works, as does the version from GNU binutils 2.42. However, it
+works. However, it
generally lacks platform specific features, so better stay with Solaris
-@command{ld}. To use the LTO linker plugin
+@command{ld}. When using the version from GNU binutils 2.44, there's
+an important caveat: binutils @emph{must} be configured with
+@code{CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash}, otherwise the linker's built-in linker
+scripts get corrupted on x86. To use the LTO linker plugin
(@option{-fuse-linker-plugin}) with GNU @command{ld}, GNU binutils
@emph{must} be configured with @option{--enable-largefile}. To use
Solaris @command{ld}, we recommend to configure with
@@ -4894,7 +4897,7 @@ will be disabled if no appropriate versi
work.
In order to build the GNU Ada compiler, GNAT, a working GNAT is needed.
-Since Solaris 11.4 SRU 39, GNAT 11, 12 or 13 is bundled in the
+Since Solaris 11.4 SRU 39, GNAT 11, 12, 13 or 14 is bundled in the
@code{developer/gcc/gcc-gnat} package.
In order to build the GNU D compiler, GDC, a working @samp{libphobos} is
