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RE: Unsuccessful build of gcc-2.95.1


On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 03:09:26 +0000, RTD wrote:
> I can confirm this for MipsPro cc 7.2 and 7.2.1

I can't. A build on an Octane MXI running IRIX 6.5.3 using MipsPRO C 7.2.1
compiled a clean (although not yet heavily tested) gcc-2.95.1. AFAIK every
MipsPRO compiler comes with an o32 backend.


Erik

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:  N8TM@aol.com [SMTP:N8TM@aol.com]
>> Sent:  Thursday, 2 September 1999 10:57
>> To:    gml4410@ggr.co.uk; gcc@gcc.gnu.org
>> Subject:   Re: Unsuccessful build of gcc-2.95.1
>> 
>> In a message dated 9/1/99 1:16:54 PM EST, gml4410@ggr.co.uk writes:
>> 
>> >    This is for mips-sgi-irix6.5 (claimed successful).
>> >  
>> >      The problem is in the configure stage.
>> >  
>> >      The config/mh-irix6 tries to set "CC = cc -32" (to avoid n32/n64
>> ABI
>> >  problems).
>> The lazy way is to set the environment variable CC='cc -n32' while using 
>> MipsPro cc as a bootstrap compiler.  AFAIK this works for MipsPro versions
>> 
>> since 7.2.  Perhaps it's time to change a default configuration which
>> caters 
>> for the time before there was a working MipsPro compiler for n32/64.  The 
>> shoe probably is on the other foot now and 'cc -o32' may be less reliable.
>> 
>> Tim
>> tprince@computer.org
> 

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