Re: How can I test if the GNU or Sun linker is used?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> This gcc on Solaris (SPARC) for example is build with both the Sun linker and 
> assembler.
>
> Parsing the output of gcc -v is not an option, as its not necessary for these 
> to be specified - one could leave them, and let the gcc configure script 
> chose one.

Ignore the other guy ...

This is the type of code I am using to determine if GNU ld is used 
under Solaris:

AC_CACHE_CHECK([for linker lazyload option],[gm_cv_ld_lazyload],
[
gm_cv_ld_lazyload='none'
case "${host}" in
  *-*-solaris2.8 | *-*-solaris2.9 | *-*-solaris2.1? )
    if test "$lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld" != 'yes' ; then
       gm_cv_ld_lazyload='-Wl,-zlazyload'
    fi
    ;;
esac
])

The test of $lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld needs to occur after libtool has been 
configured.  If you are not using libtool, then you will need to see 
how libtool does it.

Bob
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