[cfarm-users] Some issues with cfarm215

[Segher Boessenkool]

Hi!

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 08:45:59AM +0000, Jonathan Wakely via cfarm-users wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2026, 06:09 Peter Gutmann via cfarm-users, <[1]
>       Or at least it's someone's ld, there's no
>     easy way to tell from a build script.  It's also Sun's make, which means
>     having to feature-test each component you're using to try and figure out
>     which
>     options work with it.
> 
> 
> Isn't that the point of testing on different operating systems? If you want
> everything to be GNU binutils and GNU Make, don't use other operating systems. 

GNU make is required for building GCC (see
<https://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html>, search for
"GNU make").  No other make version has all the features we use in the
build system.  Of course you can have it installed under some other name
(like "gmake"); we use $(MAKE) everywhere (as everyone should!) for a
reason.

We do support many different as and ld, and even parts of GNU binutils
are not necessary on some setups.  Of course the GNU assembler and the
GNU linkers are better supported than most :-)


Segher