[cairo-bugs] [Bug 4814] New: Linking problem on Solaris needs to be in a README.

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           Summary: Linking problem on Solaris needs to be in a README.
           Product: cairo
           Version: 1.0.2
          Platform: Sun
        OS/Version: Solaris
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: cworth at cworth.org
        ReportedBy: david.kirkby at onetel.net
         QAContact: cairo-bugs at cairographics.org


If cairo (tried 1.0.0 and 1.0.2) is built on Solaris 9 for SPARC using gcc
(tested 3.2.2) without the very rarely used option -mimpure-text to LDFLAGS, the
linking fails like this:

Text relocation remains                         referenced
    against symbol                  offset      in file
    <unknown>                           0x1968      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <unknown>                           0x196c      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <unknown>                           0x1970      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <unknown>                           0x1974      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <unknown>                           0x1978      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <unknown>                           0x197c      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
    <snip>
    memset                              0xb00       /usr/local/lib/libz.a(deflate.o)
    memset                              0x1984      /usr/local/lib/libz.a(deflate.o)
    .udiv                               0x1c4       /usr/local/lib/libz.a(deflate.o)
    ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    *** Error code 1
    make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `libcairo.la'
    Current working directory /usr/local/src/cairo-1.0.0/src
    *** Error code 1
    make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install-recursive'


This odd error is documented on Solaris for other packages - e.g. 
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.soft-sys.wxwindows/browse_frm/thread/c7b5ce9a61f75a23/f557930c0a369bb1?lnk=st&q=%22-mimpure-text%22+solaris&rnum=4&hl=en#f557930c0a369bb1

but in the 10+ years I have been running Solaris, it is the first time I have
come across it, so it is very rare indeed. So I think it should be documented in
the package, as being necessary (or at least may be necessary) on Solaris. 
I tried compiling with Sun's compiler too (see version below)

sparrow /tmp/cairo-1.0.2 % cc -V
cc: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 Patch 111679-14 2004/02/20
usage: cc [ options] files.  Use 'cc -flags' for details

and it would not link. I expect there's an option on there which will allow a
linking, but I don't know what it is and have not investigate.

I would add cairo is still failing tests on Solaris, but at least it will
compile and link with that option, which I think is only used on Solaris.          
     
     
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