singular believes the Sun C++ compiler is broken.

[sagetrac-drkirkby]

Using

• Solaris 10 update 7 on SPARC
• sage-4.1.2.alpha2
• Sun Studio 12.1
• An updated configure script to allow the Sun compiler to be used (Update prereq from 0.3 to 0.4 #7021)

CC was set to the Sun C compler, and CXX to the Sun C++ compiler. The singular configure script does not believe the Sun C++ compiler can create executables. This is the same sort of error as seen in quaddouble-2.2.p9 #7030.

This time the problem is easy to diagnose. The test is used adds the option -fPIC when trying to test the C++ compiler. But -fPIC is a GNU-specific option - it is not acceptable to the Sun C++ compiler. Instead -xcode=pic32, -KPIC or -PIC would work, but not -fPIC.

It's clearly dumb to send a GNU specific option to test a C++ compiler unless you are 100% sure the C++ compiler is the GNU C++ compiler.

checking for c++... /opt/xxxsunstudio12.1/bin/CC
checking whether the C++ compiler (/opt/xxxsunstudio12.1/bin/CC  -O3 -g -fPIC ) works... no

CC: @dimpase

Component: porting: Solaris

Reviewer: Michael Orlitzky

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/7031

[mkoeppe]

comment:5

Outdated, should be closed

[orlitzky]

comment:6

The goal of these tickets is laudable, but:

• We need at least one user who is able to test.
• The package/OS information on this ticket is outdated beyond usefulness.
• Upstream is a better place to report portability issues these days.

[orlitzky]

Reviewer: Michael Orlitzky

[fchapoton]

comment:7

Closing very old sun/solaris tickets. Any tentative for this OS should start afresh.