[Bug-gmp] gmp, compiling on solaris

[Daniel R. Grayson]

I can no longer compile gmp (v 3.1) under solaris:

% uname -a
SunOS orion.math.uiuc.edu 5.7 Generic sun4u sparc

% make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/17/dan/local/src/gmp-3.1'
Making all in mpn
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/17/dan/local/src/gmp-3.1/mpn'
Making all in tests
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/17/dan/local/src/gmp-3.1/mpn/tests'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/17/dan/local/src/gmp-3.1/mpn/tests'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/17/dan/local/src/gmp-3.1/mpn'
m4 -DPIC -DOPERATION_mul_1 mul_1.asm >tmp-mul_1.s
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. 
-DOPERATION_mul_1    -g -O2 tmp-mul_1.s -o mul_1.lo
rm -f .libs/mul_1.lo
gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -DOPERATION_mul_1 -g -O2 tmp-mul_1.s  
-fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/mul_1.lo
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 50: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 57: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 62: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 68: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 71: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 76: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
/usr/ccs/bin/as: "tmp-mul_1.s", line 78: error: cannot use v8plus instructions 
in a non-v8plus target binary
...


Gcc is using the native solaris 'as', and I can't find a way to tell gcc to
try gnu as, not that it should make a difference.