[perl #66604] 64bit compilation Problem on Solaris x86_64

Configure changes

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index ff511d3cfc..30ab78a56a 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -8048,7 +8048,20 @@ EOM
 			      ;;
 			linux|irix*|gnu*)  dflt="-shared $optimize" ;;
 			next)  dflt='none' ;;
-			solaris) dflt='-G' ;;
+			solaris) # See [perl #66604].  On Solaris 11, gcc -m64 on amd64
+				# appears not to understand -G.  gcc versions at
+				# least as old as 3.4.3 support -shared, so just
+				# use that with Solaris 11 and later, but keep
+				# the old behavior for older Solaris versions.
+				case "$gccversion" in
+					'') dflt='-G' ;;
+					*)	case "$osvers" in
+							2.?|2.10) dflt='-G' ;;
+							*) dflt='-shared' ;;
+						esac
+						;;
+				esac
+				;;
 			sunos) dflt='-assert nodefinitions' ;;
 			svr4*|esix*|nonstopux) dflt="-G $ldflags" ;;
 	        *)     dflt='none' ;;