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Re: incompatible spec files?
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Subject: Re: incompatible spec files?
- From: Christopher Seawood <cls at seawood dot org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:04:15 -0800 (PST)
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com, egcs-bugs at cygnus dot com
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, H.J. Lu wrote:
> >
> >
> > I sent in a bug report with the egcs-1.0 release stating that I could not
> > run old versions of gcc with the standard 'gcc -V ${vnum} -b ${arch}'
> > command. Gnu as kept complaining about not accepting the -V ${vnum}
> > command. This doesn't work under 1.0.1 either. Apparently the spec file
> > changed somewhat between these releases. When I replaced the *asm &
> > *asm_final entries from the old gcc 2.7.2.3 release with the egcs
> > release, it seemed to work fine. It compiled the file at least. This was
>
> Replacing *asm should work.
>
> > under a linux glibc2 system with binutils 2.8.1.0.18.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea on how to get around this? (Other than having
> > separate gcc & egcs binaries)
> >
>
> You have found out it.
Hrm. I was hoping for a more elegant solution that didn't require
modifying the pre-existing installation. Shouldn't something like this be
in the FAQ, btw?
Regards
Christopher