Re: target/5505: Doubts about a patch for OSF

["Richard B. Kreckel" <kreckel at ginac dot de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Rainer Orth wrote:
> > as -V
> Compaq C V6.3-028 on Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1 (Rev. 732)
> Compiler Driver V6.3-026 (sys) cc Driver
> > ld -V
> /usr/bin/ld version 5.1
> > sizer -v
> Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1 (Rev. 732); Fri May  4 19:34:14 MEST 2001
> 
> but this doesn't give too much information.  I've checked /usr/.smdb./*.inv
> and found that /usr/ccs/lib/cmplrs/cc/as[01] (the assembler passes invoked
> by as -oldas) are from the vanilla OSFCMPLRS510 subset, whereas
> /usr/ccs/lib/cmplrs/cc/ld (i.e. ld) is from OSFPAT00035800510 (i.e. Patch
> 358.00)

Hmm, `as' is also from OSFCMPLRS510.  But `ld' is more and more becoming a
suspect: mine are from OSFBASE510 (i.e. no patch) and from
OSFPAT00007200510 (i.e. an older patch), respectively.  Maybe I can get
hold of OSFPAT00035800510 patch and see if it solves the problems.  Not
sure, though, when this can happen...  I'll keep you informed.

> > on your Tru64 box with a new GCC including your patch, we could just let
> 
> As I said, make and make check both passed with the above snapshot.  I can
> try a fresh bootstrap from current 3.0 branch sources, just to make sure,
> but this may take some time.

Maybe that would be helpful, just to make sure.  As I said: I can revert
your patch from either GCC 3.0.{1,2,3} and it works.  The point being 
other interferences are not very likely...

> > it rest, I suppose.  It would be very helpful for everybody, though, to
> > know what is needed to get it working.
> 
> Certainly: if we find out that e.g. a specific ld patch is required, this
> should clearly be documented in the installation notes.

Definitely.

Regards
     -richy.
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Richard B. Kreckel
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