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Re: 2.95.2 missing files?
On Mar 17, 2000, Derek Greer <dgreer@fedex.com> wrote:
> re-read my original email you will see that I said the program WOULD
> NOT compile when I attempted to compile it on the same operating
> system I installed it on (Solaris 2.5.1).
Do you mean you build GCC from *sources* on Solaris 2.5.1 and it won't
compile programs that include certain headers? Didn't you just
install some pre-compiled binary for 2.6?
If not, could it be that some patches that modified header files have
been installed after GCC?
> "Stand alone" means it doesn't need pre-existing header files.
It is a stand-alone compiler. The library, that provides the headers,
is a separate issue. You don't always need the headers to compile a
(admittedly ridiculously simple :-) program, but you often need the
libraries and run-time objects. So, yes, GCC is not stand-alone, if
that's what you want to hear (or read :-)
>> > Perhaps the correct answer is that 2.95.2 hasn't been tested for
>> > Solaris 2.5.1, at least with sockets.
>>
>> This answer is wrong. :-) It will work perfectly well with sockets on
>> Solaris 2.5.1, as long as you build it on Solaris 2.5.1. Just try it
>> :-)
> I have already addressed you misunderstanding earlier, so I won't
> comment further on that point.
I know GCC 2.95.2 works on Solaris 2.5.1 because I use it myself, and
I build a lot of programs that use sockets with it. And I also know
that a lot of people have trouble just like yours. The most common
reason is having installed GCC on one version of Solaris and being
running it on another. The second most common reason is when people
install BIND in a way that replaces some of their socket-related
headers. Was that your case?
> so unless you personally tested it for this system you aren't
> qualified to say my answer is incorrect.
I only did because I am :-)
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