$ grep 'ld.*-x' `find . -name Makefile` ./ghc-5.02/ghc/lib/std/Makefile: ld -r -x -o $@ $(GHCI_LIBOBJS) ./ghc-5.02/ghc/lib/std/Makefile: ld -r -x -o HSstd1.o $(filter Prel%, $(GHCI_LIBOBJS)) ./ghc-5.02/ghc/lib/std/Makefile: ld -r -x -o HSstd2.o $(filter-out Prel%, $(GHCI_LIBOBJS)) ./ghc-5.02/hslibs/win32/Makefile: ld -r -x -o HSwin321.o $(filter Win32M% Win32N% Win32R% Win32W%, \ ./ghc-5.02/hslibs/win32/Makefile: ld -r -x -o HSwin322.o $(filter-out Win32M% Win32N% Win32R% Win32W%, \ It looks like ghc makefiles assume that I am using GNU ld. The -x option does not exist in Solaris version of ld. Is this just a bug or ghc was not meant to be linked with other versions of ld? Just wondering, I could always use GNU ld instead (its just not the first thing on my PATH) According to the SunOS ld manual '-z redlocsym' seems to do what -x does. -z redlocsym Eliminates all local symbols except for the SECT symbols from the symbol table SHT_SYMTAB. All relocations that refer to local symbols will be updated to refer to the corresponding SECT sym- bol. So, I'll try to edit the makefiles accordingly and see what happens. --akop