> I configured/made/installed gcc 4.0.0 partially on a Solaris host. I > could not build with C++ support, because ld (GNU ld, that is) choked > (dumped core, signal 11, segmentation violation) on abi_check (see > below). > When using the Sun-supplied as and ld, ld chokes on alignment errors > during bootstrap.
Did you read http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html? There are known problems in some versions of the GNU tools and some versions of the Sun tools. Please provide more detailed info. -- Eric Botcazou