RE: gcc for solaris sparc 8

RE: gcc for solaris sparc 8

[Lourens Janse van Rensburg]

Hi, yes I'm using GCC 3.2.3 on Solaris 9.  Took me two days to get it
bootstrapped, but it works better than most other Solaris compilers.
Also: I copied my install directory (with the binaries, libs, headers)
to another Sparc box with Solaris 8, and it works fine too.

Remember that the shell on Solaris is at /usr/xpg4/bin/sh and not at
/bin/sh as you would normally expect.  Most of the GCC scripts and
makefiles assume that the shell is as /bin/sh.  So if you do a "make" or
"make install" you have to override it on the command line by saying
"make SHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh install".

Or you could do a search & replace through the configure script and all
makefiles, to replace all occurrences of /bin/sh with /usr/xpg4/bin/sh.

Or try just making a symlink /bin/sh -> usr/xpg4/bin/sh if you have
permissions.

Good luck.  Keep trying until you succeed.

Lourens Janse van Rensburg...




-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On
Behalf Of Eljay Love-Jensen
Sent: 17 September 2004 23:30
To: Jeff Beck; gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: gcc for solaris sparc 8

Hi Jeff,

I use GCC 3.3.1 on Solaris 8 / SunOS 5.8 (SPARC).

You get get a pre-compiled GCC here: http://www.sunfreeware.com/

Personally, FOR SOLARIS, I recommend getting the GCC source and building
the compiler from scratch, because the compiler is sensitive to OS
version and patch levels.  If you put another patch level on, more
likely than not it'd behoove you to rebuild the compiler.

It's not TERRIBLY hard to build (if you already have a C compiler), but
it does take an hour-or-four.

HTH,
--Eljay

Re: gcc for solaris sparc 8

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Jeff,

I use GCC 3.3.1 on Solaris 8 / SunOS 5.8 (SPARC).

You get get a pre-compiled GCC here: http://www.sunfreeware.com/

Personally, FOR SOLARIS, I recommend getting the GCC source and building 
the compiler from scratch, because the compiler is sensitive to OS version 
and patch levels.  If you put another patch level on, more likely than not 
it'd behoove you to rebuild the compiler.

It's not TERRIBLY hard to build (if you already have a C compiler), but it 
does take an hour-or-four.

HTH,
--Eljay

RE: gcc for solaris sparc 8

[lrtaylor]

If you want binaries, check out www.sunfreeware.com.  Otherwise, if you
have another compiler installed, you can build the version of GCC that
you want, getting the source code from ftp.gnu.org or a mirror site.

Thanks,
Lyle

-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On
Behalf Of Jeff Beck
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:06 PM
To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: gcc for solaris sparc 8

	
We are planning on setting up a new sun sparc with solaris 8.
I don't see a download for GCC for anything greater than solaris sparc
2.x.

Does anyone know if GCC is available for sparc solaris 8 ?

thanks!

Jeffrey Beck
Software Engineer
Akimeka, LLC

gcc for solaris sparc 8

[Jeff Beck]

	
We are planning on setting up a new sun sparc with solaris 8.
I don't see a download for GCC for anything greater than solaris sparc 2.x.

Does anyone know if GCC is available for sparc solaris 8 ?

thanks!

Jeffrey Beck
Software Engineer
Akimeka, LLC