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`LINKFAIL'
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     If the above command failed due to an unresolved reference
     to strtoul, _strtoul, bsearch, _bsearch, or similar, see
     [info -f g77 M LINKFAIL] (a node in the g77 documentation)
     for information on what causes this, how to work around
     the problem by editing ${srcdir}/proj.c, and what else to do.

   Note: Missing strtoul or bsearch, for more information on this
problem, which occurs only in releases of `g77' based on `gcc'.  (It
does not occur in `egcs'.)

   On AIX 4.1, `g77' might not build with the native (non-GNU) tools
due to a linker bug in coping with the `-bbigtoc' option which leads to
a `Relocation overflow' error.  The GNU linker is not recommended on
current AIX versions, though; it was developed under a now-unsupported
version.  This bug is said to be fixed by `update PTF U455193 for APAR
IX75823'.

   Compiling with `-mminimal-toc' might solve this problem, e.g. by
adding
     BOOT_CFLAGS='-mminimal-toc -O2 -g'
   to the `make bootstrap' command line.