Re: 21.4.14 Build Problem

I followed the suggestion of specifying the --cflags option to configure and the link problem occurred exactly the same. The output from configure did show that it recognised the command-line option. VS> Aren't you trying to use binutils? From the PROBLEMS file: VS> *** Dumping error when using GNU binutils / GNU ld on a Sun. VS> Errors similar to the following: VS> Dumping under the name xemacs unexec(): VS> dldump(/space/rpluim/xemacs-obj/src/xemacs): ld.so.1: ./temacs: VS> fatal: /space/rpluim/xemacs-obj/src/xemacs: unknown dynamic entry: VS> 1879048176 VS> are caused by using GNU ld. There are several workarounds available: VS> In XEmacs 21.2 or later, configure using the new portable dumper VS> (--pdump). VS> Alternatively, you can link using the Sun version of ld, which is VS> normally held in /usr/ccs/bin. This can be done by one of: VS> - building gcc with these configure flags: VS> configure --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as VS> - adding -B/usr/ccs/bin/ to CFLAGS used to configure XEmacs VS> (Note: The trailing '/' there is significant.) VS> - uninstalling GNU ld. VS> - Vin -- Jake Colman -- XEmacs Tinkerer