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Re: unwind-dw2-fde.[ch]
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, patrick dot mackinlay at kjv dot com dot au
- Subject: Re: unwind-dw2-fde.[ch]
- From: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:17:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Mackinlay, Patrick" <patrick.mackinlay@kjv.com.au>
> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:06:42 +0800
> In my work trying to build gcc with an old Intergraph InterPro as a host,
> I've run into a problem with file name length with two of the files added to
> the gcc-3.0 (that weren't a problem with 2.95.3). The two files
> (unwind-dw2-fde.c and unwind-dw2-fde.h) unfortunately overflow the
> 14-character max filename length of the host OS, leaving only one after a
> full tar -xf, and causing a build dependency problem later on.
> Although there are other >14 character filenames produced at various times
> (the host descriptor, in fact, is clipper-intergraph-clix), these have not
> yet caused a problem. Would it be too much to ask that the files in question
> could have their filenames shortened? It seems like a small price to pay to
> allow future build success on these older Unixen...
Would building on an nfs volume fix this problem? If it does, that's
what I'd recommend.
If not, I'd recommend building via a cross compiler. Should be fairly
trivial, see the documentation for instructions.