Re: SCO experiences

[Robert Lipe <robertl at dgii dot com>]

> This is just a report mentioning some experiences with SCO OSR 5.0.2 and 5.0.4
> and the 970929 egcs compiler.  These experiences are good for anecdotes,

> I had trouble compiling it at first, but with a suggestion from Robert it
> compiled out of the box.  Thanks Robert!

You're welcome.

> I used the new compiler to build emacs 20.1, just to see what would happen.
> It compiled fine, but produced a code file (ELF) about 500K larger than
> 970907 does.  I don't know why, yet.

My money is on exceptions.   Compile with -fno-exceptions and see if 
it shrinks.

> I found that the following (bad) usage of command line switches would dump
> core:   (it was in a makefile)
>  
> 	gcc -s -c file1.c
>         gcc -s -c file2.c
>         gcc -s file1.o file2.o  <-- dumps core here
> 
> When I remade the makefile to do this:
> 
> 	gcc  -c file1.c
>         gcc  -c file2.c
>         gcc -s file1.o file2.o 
> 
> it worked fine.

Stripping .o's before handing them to the linker can't be a good plan.
It's not actually gcc that drops core.   It's ld/collect2.   Stick a 
debugger in it and see if you can give better hints.

Yes, I really need to go build a current gdb...

> 	The egcs project seems to be a useful one, and the dedicated folks
> involved seem both pleasant and highly competent.  I am really glad to
> see this kind of talent and interaction on such an important project.
> 
> 	Heartfelt congratulations to the entire team, and I encourage you
> to keep up the wonderful work you have begun.

I, too, am amazed at the speed things are moving on this list.

RJL