Default Makefile doesn't link correctly (solaris 10 x86_64)

[Darren Tucker]

Avleen Vig wrote:
> On Solaris 10, I found that if $CC=gcc, and $LD=gcc, the following
> combination of things will cause problems:
> 
> 1. Using gcc provided by Sun to make 64bit binaries
> 2. Setting CFLAGS=-m64
> 3. OpenSSL was compiled 64bit
> 
> OpenSSH compiles up to the point of linking. Because $CFLAGS isn't
> used when linking, gcc is called without -m64.
> This causes the following fatal error:
>   Wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

configure takes your word for it when you specify CC and LD yourself, so 
it's up to you to give it ones that work (including any necessary flags).

> It is easily worked around by setting LDFLAGS=-m64, but I expect that
> will cause problems where $LD=ld.

or CC="gcc -m64" and letting configure work out LD for itself.

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