Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

[About building gcc on a libc4.8 system]

I don't know whether gcc is supposed to support these _very very_ old 
systems any more, so I am unsure about how to proceed with this report.

> > Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc
> 
>    This patch gets around the test for gl*bc (in gcc 3.2) -- there
>    appear to be other places where portability is tossed out the
>    window, but at least configure gets more done before it hits the
>    next unportable section.

Why don't you submit this patch (or a suitably modified form) to 
gcc-patches?

W.

> *** config.if~  Tue Nov 19 10:48:10 2002
> --- config.if   Tue Nov 19 10:48:58 2002
> ***************
> *** 63,71 ****
>         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
>         else
>         # It should never happen.
> !       echo "Cannot find the GNU C library minor version number." >&2
>         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> !       exit 1
>         fi
>       else
>         # Cross compiling. Assume glibc 2.1.
> --- 63,71 ----
>         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
>         else
>         # It should never happen.
> !       echo "Congratulations! This system doesn't use the GNU C library" >&2
>         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> !       libc_interface=-
>         fi
>       else
>         # Cross compiling. Assume glibc 2.1.
> 
> 
>     -david parsons
> 
> > 
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=2236
> > 
> 

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Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes

[david parsons]

Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
> 
> 
> [About building gcc on a libc4.8 system]
> 
> I don't know whether gcc is supposed to support these _very very_ old 
> systems any more, so I am unsure about how to proceed with this report.

    libc 4.8 is still being actively developed (the last changeset in my
    master repository dates from Oct 28,2002), so I'm not sure how that
    counts as _very very_ old.   It's certainly as new as gl*bc and the
    various embedded libc's for Linux are.

    And, in any case, for the case of at least the C programming
    language, it shouldn't matter; configure should treat Linux without
    GNU as just another operating system without requiring the C runtime
    library to have a __GLIBC_MINOR__ #define.


    Thank you for the suggestion to submit the patch to gcc-patches
    (gcc-patches@gnu.org?) I will do that today.


    -david parsons

> 
> > > Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc
> > 
> >    This patch gets around the test for gl*bc (in gcc 3.2) -- there
> >    appear to be other places where portability is tossed out the
> >    window, but at least configure gets more done before it hits the
> >    next unportable section.
> 
> Why don't you submit this patch (or a suitably modified form) to 
> gcc-patches?
> 
> W.
> 
> > *** config.if~  Tue Nov 19 10:48:10 2002
> > --- config.if   Tue Nov 19 10:48:58 2002
> > ***************
> > *** 63,71 ****
> >         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> >         else
> >         # It should never happen.
> > !       echo "Cannot find the GNU C library minor version number." >&2
> >         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> > !       exit 1
> >         fi
> >       else
> >         # Cross compiling. Assume glibc 2.1.
> > --- 63,71 ----
> >         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> >         else
> >         # It should never happen.
> > !       echo "Congratulations! This system doesn't use the GNU C library" >&2
> >         rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
> > !       libc_interface=-
> >         fi
> >       else
> >         # Cross compiling. Assume glibc 2.1.
> > 
> > 
> >     -david parsons
> > 
> > > 
> > > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=2236
> > > 
> > 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Wolfgang Bangerth              email:           bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu
>                                www: http://www.ticam.utexas.edu/~bangerth
> 
> 
> 

Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

> > I don't know whether gcc is supposed to support these _very very_ old 
> > systems any more, so I am unsure about how to proceed with this report.
> 
>     libc 4.8 is still being actively developed (the last changeset in my
>     master repository dates from Oct 28,2002), so I'm not sure how that
>     counts as _very very_ old.   It's certainly as new as gl*bc and the
>     various embedded libc's for Linux are.

Sorry, I did not know that it was still developed. I was under the 
impression that it was superceded first by libc5, then by glibc2.

>     And, in any case, for the case of at least the C programming
>     language, it shouldn't matter; configure should treat Linux without
>     GNU as just another operating system without requiring the C runtime
>     library to have a __GLIBC_MINOR__ #define.
> 
>     Thank you for the suggestion to submit the patch to gcc-patches
>     (gcc-patches@gnu.org?) I will do that today.

gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
            ^^^

Regards
  Wolfgang

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                               www: http://www.ticam.utexas.edu/~bangerth

Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[ehrhardt]

Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->feedback
State-Changed-By: cae
State-Changed-When: Wed May 21 09:54:33 2003
State-Changed-Why:
    See Dara's question.

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Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, david parsons wrote:

> bangerth@dealii.org wrote:
> > 
> > Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc
> > 
> > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> > State-Changed-By: bangerth
> > State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 07:58:44 2002
> > State-Changed-Why:
> >     This is a rather old bootstrap error. Can you say whether this
> >     still happens with newer versions of gcc?
> 
>     Yes.
> 
> orc@pell$ CC="cc -baout" ./configure
> Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnuaout host.
> Created "Makefile" in /home/orc/gcc-3.2 using "mt-frag"
> Cannot find the GNU C library minor version number.

Note that CVS mainline includes fixes needed for libc5 (and probably also
libc4) which aren't on the 3.2 branch, so is probably a more appropriate
base to work from on this.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk

Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[bangerth]

Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->analyzed
State-Changed-By: bangerth
State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 11:58:57 2002
State-Changed-Why:
    Still happens.

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Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[david parsons]

bangerth@dealii.org wrote:
> 
> Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
> State-Changed-By: bangerth
> State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 07:58:44 2002
> State-Changed-Why:
>     This is a rather old bootstrap error. Can you say whether this
>     still happens with newer versions of gcc?

    Yes.

orc@pell$ CC="cc -baout" ./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnuaout host.
Created "Makefile" in /home/orc/gcc-3.2 using "mt-frag"
Cannot find the GNU C library minor version number.

    -david parsons  "I don't even use gl*bc on my systems"

Re: bootstrap/2236: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

[bangerth]

Synopsis: config.if (gcc 2.95.2, possibly others) pukes if it can't find gl*bc

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: bangerth
State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 07:58:44 2002
State-Changed-Why:
    This is a rather old bootstrap error. Can you say whether this
    still happens with newer versions of gcc?
    
    Thanks, W.

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