[EDG eccp/Solaris 10] config error in prelinker on libm

• Key: STDCXX-820
• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Assignee: Martin Sebor
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Component/s: Configuration
• Affects Version/s: 4.2.0, 4.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.3.0

Description

The configuration process fails with the vanilla EDG eccp on Solaris 10 (not sure about earlier versions of the OS) with the following error:

### gmake  config   BUILDMODE=,archive,debug,narrow CONFIG=eccp.config 2>&1 | sed -e "s/\/build2\/batman\/5.0.0\/builds\/34590601\/source-buildspace\/build/\$(BUILDDIR)/g;s/\/build2\/batman\/5.0.0\/builds\/34590601\/source-buildspace/\$(TOPDIR)/g" | tee /tmp/build.19875.log:
gmake[1]: Entering directory `$(BUILDDIR)'
gmake[2]: Entering directory `$(BUILDDIR)/include'
gmake config
gmake[3]: Entering directory `$(BUILDDIR)/include'

configuring stdcxx 4.2.0 for eccp-3.9 on sunos-5.10-sparc

checking if the compiler is sane                   ok (invoked with eccp)
checking if the linker is sane                     no

int main () { return 0; }
eccp -D_RWSTDDEBUG -I. -A -x --template_directory=$(BUILDDIR)/lib -g   --display_error_number --remarks --diag_suppress 193,236,340,401,261,479,487,678,679,815  -c a.cpp -o a.o
eccp a.o --template_directory=$(BUILDDIR)/lib     -lm   -o a.out
library "m" does not exist in the specified library directories
C++ prelinker: error: command line error
gmake[3]: *** [sane] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `$(BUILDDIR)/include'
gmake[2]: *** [config.h] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `$(BUILDDIR)/include'
gmake[1]: *** [config] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `$(BUILDDIR)'
gmake: *** [config] Error 2

Comments

[Martin Sebor]

In light of STDCXX-820 there's little point in working on this now. Deferred until 4.3.