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Re: Building egcs on Linux 2.0.32
- To: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Building egcs on Linux 2.0.32
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 97 11:09:18 PST
>
> Hi:
> I have built egcs on Linux 2.0.32. The host and target are
> i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1.
>
> I have installed your version of dejagnu for the tests. The results
> of make -k check are:
> === g++ Summary ===
> # of unexpected failures 106
> I am concerned about the failures. My versions of ld and as are:
> ld --version
> ld version cygnus-2.6 (with BFD 2.6.0.14)
> as --version
> GNU assembler version 960425 (i486-linux), using BFD version 2.6.0.14
>
> would upgrading to binutils-2.8.1.0.15 solve all of these problems?
Upgrading binutils will eliminate the g++ errors (except for one or two).
The release notes make this clear. From the file INSTALL/SPECIFIC:
i?86-*-linux*
You will need binutils-2.8.1.0.15 or newer for exception handling to work.