Re: 64 bit Compilation problem on Solaris 8

Yes, there's a typo in the Makefile - it has been reported some time
ago. (see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?
l=ipfilter&m=112407494126639&w=2)

andy


Am 11.10.2005 um 09:58 schrieb Guillaume Courtois:

> Hi,
>
> I have tried to compile ipfilter 4.1.9 with gcc 3.4.2 from
> sunfreeware.com,
> and the script buildsunos was telling me
>
> "No 64 bit capable compiler was found"
>
> It turns out that (unless I am wrong) that part of the script is
> not correct :
>
> case "$CC" in
> *gcc*) # gcc
> XARCH32=""
> XARCH64="-m64 -mcmodel=medlow"
> XARCH64_i386="-m64 -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone
> -ffreestanding"
> ;;
> *) # Sun C
> XARCH32="-Xa -xildoff"
> XARCH64_sparc="$XARCH32 -xarch=v9 -xchip=ultra -dalign
> -xcode=abs32"
> XARCH64_i386="$XARCH32 -xarch=amd64 -xcode=abs32"
> ;;
> esac
> XARCH64="`eval echo '$XARCH64_'$cpu`"
>
> The last line of that part reinitializes XARCH64 with XARCH64_$cpu.
> On Sparc
> solaris, $cpu=sparc. So XARCH64 = $XARCH64_sparc. But that variable
> does not
> exist in the gcc part of the case test (but it exists in the Sun C
> part). So
> XARCH64 becomes empty and the script thinks gcc can not compile 64
> bits
> executables.
>
> So I just added
>
> XARCH64_sparc="-m64 -mcmodel=medlow"
>
> in the gcc part of the case test, and everything goes well.
>
> I searched with google but did not find anyone having that problem
> and solving
> it that way, so I thought it would be a good idea to tell you so
> you can
> correct it for future versions if it's a bug. Hope it helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Guillaume Courtois
>
>