usage: ld [-abd:e:f:h:il:mo:rstu:z:B:D:F:GI:L:M:N:Q:R:S:VY:] file(s) ; ; [-z combreloc] combine multiple relocation sections KY> And then, configure adds `-z nocombreloc' to $ld_switch_site KY> even if there is no such a option. :-< Good, the configure test is working as intended. I was worried about that. The problem is easy enough to fix. For GNU ld, the nocombreloc option is explicitly listed, and I'll check for that instead. You can work around by either hacking configure or by using --pdump. Does your linker support turning those -z options off in another way? -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.

Stephen> Good, the configure test is working as intended. I was Stephen> worried about that. I see. You use `2>&1' for redirection. Stephen> The problem is easy enough to fix. For GNU ld, the Stephen> nocombreloc option is explicitly listed, and I'll check for Stephen> that instead. You can work around by either hacking Stephen> configure or by using --pdump. Thanks. I will try to use `nocombreloc' in configure.in later. Stephen> Does your linker support turning those -z options off in Stephen> another way? I don't know. I'm not good at those things, sorry. Stephen> Did you try to get a full update? Check version.sh. As far Stephen> as I can tell, you will not get a correct checkout from Stephen> sunsite.dk yet. I am a liar. I was using the candidate branch. :-p Now, downloading a tarball via ftp is in progress... -- Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka(a)jpl.org&gt;

Stephen> I suggest simply deleting that whole section from configure Stephen> by hand. The next update of configure.in should work for you Stephen> by default. I did it. Thank you. ;; BTW, the patch for the coding-system magic cookie (I've ;; posted to xemacs-patches as <yosuy9n0rzka.fsf(a)jpl.org&gt; about ;; two months ago) has been updated: ;; ;; ftp://ftp.jpl.org/xemacs/21.4/xemacs-21.4.6-coding-magic.patch ;; ;; Some packages (e.g. MU-CITE, Emacs-W3M) will growl if it is ;; not applied. :-p -- Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka(a)jpl.org&gt;