; was Re: [PATCH Configure] Interaction of cc.cbu and checkcc

Message-Id: <200202141907.TAA21516@tempest.npl.co.uk>

(the hints part only)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14709

diff --git a/hints/solaris_2.sh b/hints/solaris_2.sh
index f89842a..d657166 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/solaris_2.sh
+++ b/hints/solaris_2.sh
@@ -252,15 +252,21 @@ END
            # apparently don't reveal that unless you pass in -V.
            # (This may all depend on local configurations too.)
 
+           # Recompute verbose with -Wl,-v to find GNU ld if present
+           verbose=`${cc:-cc} -v -Wl,-v -o try try.c 2>&1 | grep ld 2>&1`
+
            myld=`echo $verbose| grep ld | awk '/\/ld/ {print $1}'`
            # This assumes that gcc's output will not change, and that
            # /full/path/to/ld will be the first word of the output.
-           # Thus myld is something like opt/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5/bin/ld
+           # Thus myld is something like /opt/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.5/bin/ld
 
-           if $myld -V 2>&1 | grep "ld: Software Generation Utilities" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+           # Allow that $myld may be '', due to changes in gcc's output 
+           if ${myld:-ld} -V 2>&1 |
+               grep "ld: Software Generation Utilities" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                # Ok, /usr/ccs/bin/ld eventually does get called.
                :
            else
+               echo "Found GNU ld='$myld'" >&4
                cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) might not build Perl.  If you