Re: GCC 4.3.3 Released

[rkiesling <rkiesling at earthlink dot net>]

Dennis Clarke:
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> 
> >> > I'll try sparc64, powerpc64 and ia64 when the machines are available.
> >>
> >> I can probably help you with the Sparc64 requirement. To be precise, do
> >> you need Sun UltraSparc or are you looking for the multicore SPARC64
> >> processor which is a ( slightly ) different beast?
> >
> > Thanks for your offer.
> >
> > I do have access to a sparc64, in fact it's the same machine that I used
> > for the sparc (32 bits) report in the farm, but it is down since since
> > morning and will probably be up again in the next few days.
> 
> I am always a very careful with the 32-bit Sparc build because I often end
> up with a 32-bit gcc but the ABI says SPARC V8PLUS or some such.
> 
> Thus I use a genuine old old Sparc to build GCC with.

A 64-bit build would require a cross compilation, or perhaps I missed 
something?  I need to tell gmp's ./configure that --build=sparc first, due 
to the old old 32-bit bundled compiler, and also --disable-multilib to
build GCC.  

On an (possibly) off-topic note, it seems that gmp requires GNU ld, but GCC 
needs the native ld.  I haven't ben able to pin down where in the build
process that the libs and the compiler suddenly require the 32-bitness.  

This on a sparc64 with a new install of Solaris10 (seems yet to
require /usr/bin/ksh as the login shell and the addition of GNU sed).

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