I read the install document and I emailed gnutls-help@lists.gnutls.org and was told to comment out the line or try to find equivalent syntax in Solaris. I couldn't find equivalent syntax in Solaris, so I commented it out, and got a little further. I have also tried to change the "%" to "@" like in your example code, but still doesn't work. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Mat Troi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to compile GNUTLS 3.3.9 on a Solaris system with Solaris > > Studio 12.2 and I got a bunch of errors relating to GNU-stack. > > > > Assembler: > > "elf/cpuid-x86_64.s", line 59 : Syntax error > > Near line: ".section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits" > > Assembler: > > "elf/aes-ssse3-x86_64.s", line 841 : Syntax error > > Near line: ".section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits" > > cc: fbe failed for elf/cpuid-x86_64.s > > cc: fbe failed for elf/aes-ssse3-x86_64.s > > Assembler: > > "elf/e_padlock-x86_64.s", line 1067 : Syntax error > > Near line: ".section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits" > > make[5]: *** [elf/cpuid-x86_64.lo] Error 1 > > make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > > make[5]: *** [elf/aes-ssse3-x86_64.loAssembler: ] Error 1 > > > > Has anyone seen these type of erros and what is a way to fix this? > > > > Thanks, > > Mat > > > > Have you tried asking at the mailing lists below: > gnutls-help@lists.gnutls.org > gnutls-devel@lists.gnutls.org > Did you consult this document for installation instructions: > http://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.pdf > > I'm not too sure, but could the problem be in the '%progbits' section. > Here's the syntax generated by gcc on my Gentoo system: > .size main, .-main > .ident "GCC: (Gentoo 4.7.3-r1 p1.4, pie-0.5.5) 4.7.3" > .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits > >