> There were two possible solutions. One was to fix the configure script. However... > The solution we ended up choosing was to add the string "compatible with

> There were two possible solutions. One was to fix the configure script. However... > The solution we ended up choosing was to add the string "compatible with GNU linkers" to our linker's help message. The right way to deal with things like this is to do both. Do the hacky-but-realistically-shippable thing to get unblocked, and then also contribute towards the "right" solution, even if it's way upstream from you. Otherwise you're part of the problem.