Re: egcs-971016 on BSD/OS 3.0

[Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>]

  In message <19971019212839X.shigeya@foretune.co.jp>you write:
  > Hi, I have tried egcs-971016 on BSD/OS 3.0.
  > 
  > First, the gcc/config/bsd386.h need following minor mod to use with
  > default 'as'
  > 
  > ------------------------------
  > *** bsd386.h.FCS	Tue Aug 12 00:57:16 1997
  > --- bsd386.h	Sat Oct 18 08:24:07 1997
  > ***************
  > *** 16,18 ****
  > --- 16,21 ----
  >   
  >   #undef WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE
  >   #define WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE 32
  > + 
  > + #undef ASM_COMMENT_START
  > + #define ASM_COMMENT_START "#"
  > ------------------------------ 
I'm curious, why exactly did you need this patch?


  > Next, I tried my code. I can't catch exception, even simple one. The
  > following test program illustlates the problem.  I tested same program
  > on egcs-971016 on Solaris and ran without problem. Thus I know this is 
  > platform specific problem.
There's been a variety of x86 EH problems, some are definitely due to
the defer-pop code.  I have no idea if this bug falls into this
category.

jeff