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Re: Problem compiling glibc with gcc 2.95.3
- To: Venetis Ioannis <venetis at ceid dot upatras dot gr>
- Subject: Re: Problem compiling glibc with gcc 2.95.3
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:15:37 +0000 (GMT)
- Cc: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Venetis Ioannis wrote:
>
> While compiling the glibc 2.1.3 source a program named 'rpcgen' is created
> in the directory 'sunrpc'. This program is used to further compile the
> library, but when it was invoked I got an error message telling that it
> could not find the C preprocessor 'cpp'.
Precise error messages, please. Also, what does "gcc -v" report?
> I found that the problem is in the directory
> /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3 (the default
> directory where I installed the new gcc). There lies a file named
> 'cpp0'. The same file is named 'cpp' in gcc 2.95.2, and lies under the
> directory /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2.
> I created a link cpp -> cpp0 in the directory
> /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3 and compiled again
> glibc. This time everything worked OK.
>
> My question is if the name cpp0 of the above file is correct or if it
> should be cpp and thus we have a bug.
No, the name is correct. I'm suspecting some kind of other installation
problem.
Bernd