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Re: How do I compile libg++ for egcs?
- To: chj at lin dot foa dot se
- Subject: Re: How do I compile libg++ for egcs?
- From: Manfred Hollstein <manfred at s-direktnet dot de>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 21:33:17 +0100 (MET)
- Cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- References: <199901081845.TAA13688@arnljot.lin.foa.se>
- Reply-To: manfred at s-direktnet dot de, Manfred dot Hollstein at ks dot sel dot alcatel dot de
On Fri, 8 January 1999, 19:45:50, chj@lin.foa.se wrote:
>
> I have a Red Hat Linux 5.2/Intel system with gcc-2.7.2.3-14 and egcs-1.0.3a-14
> installed. I would like to use the well implemented pseudo random numbers and
> I once did that using libg++'s RNG.
>
> Now, I find that you have a "non-maintained" src distrib of libg++ made to
> work with egcs as I understand it, cf.
>
> ftp://egcs.cygnus.com/pub/egcs/infrastructure/libg++-2.8.1.2a-19981218.tar.gz
>
> and here's my question. How can I compile it?
Simply follow what's written in README.libg++ that comes with the package.
>
> Naively, I unpacked the distrib and went down the libg++ dir. There, I noticed
> that there was no configure file but a configure.in was available. Thus, I ran
> autoconf and to my surprise the "generated" configure file was empty.
Not surprising, as this particular configure.in is from the Cygnus
configure line and not from the autoconf one...
>
> I then remembered seeing that one's supposed to unpack the distrib under the
> egcs src tree and then, in one sweep, configure and build both egcs-1.* and
> libg++-2.8.*. OK, that's fine, of course, but I would actually like to be able
> to build libg++ without having to unpack and configure the egcs parts. Can I
> actually configure and build libg++ "standalone"?
No.
>
> Oh, as a way out, perhaps there's a newer c++ implementation out there that
> provides similar functionality. If you do know of such freely available, and
> re-distributable packages, please enlighten me.
>
> TIA,
>
>
> --
> Christian Jönsson chj@lin.foa.se
> Sweden's Defence Research Establishment
> Dep't of Communication Systems FOA 72
>
>
Later,
manfred
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