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Re: Bootstrap failure on i686-pc-linux-gnu


Michael Vance <briareos@lokigames.com> said:
> This would seem to be a binutils problem. I'm using
> 
> [michael@namaste egcs-build]$ rpm -q binutils
> binutils-2.9.1.0.23-1

> Any recommendations as to proper binutils (or whether this is the
> problem) would be appreciated.

ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/ perhaps?

> As an addendum, is anyone aware of commercial compilers that have
> solid C++ support for Linux? The current state of egcs makes my work
> impossible, and I'm wondering if there are any short-term
> alternatives (long-term of course being to help the egcs project).

You'll run into _serious_ trouble, the C++ libraries (objects and stuff)
are simply not binary compatible. Not even between gcc releases,
sometimes...

Good luck!
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