[ERR] Building 1.1a under Linux 2.1.122, glibc 2.0.95

[Nicholas J. Leon]

Whilst I'm here, I'd like to make a couple comments:

1. I can't build egcs in the environment mentioned in the subject. I get:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/Devel/egcs-1.1a/neko/gcc'
gcc  -DIN_GCC    -g -O2  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -I. -I../../gcc -I../../gcc/config 
\
-DTARGET_MACHINE=\"i686-pc-linux-gnu\"  \
-c `echo ../../gcc/collect2.c | sed 's,^\./,,'`
../../gcc/collect2.c:191: conflicting types for `sys_siglist'
/usr/include/signal.h:272: previous declaration of `sys_siglist'
make[1]: *** [collect2.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/Devel/egcs-1.1a/neko/gcc'
make: *** [all-gcc] Error 2

where the mentioned lines are:

(collect2.c) extern char *sys_siglist[];
(signal.h)   extern __const char *__const sys_siglist[_NSIG];

I'm using the next-from-latest Binutils and egcs 1.0.3a.

2. Has anyone read the README in the root of egcs? It says:

REPORTING BUGS: Again, see gdb/README, binutils/README, etc., for info
on where and how to report problems.

??? That's useful. Not.

3. Has anyone read the FAQ concerning CVS access? Here's the information
it gives:

Using CVS to download snapshots

   It is possible to checkout specific snapshots with CVS or to check out
   the latest snapshot.

   We use CVS tags to identify each snapshot we make. Snapshot tags have
   the form "egcs_ss_YYYYMMDD". In addition, the latest official snapshot
   always has the tag "egcs_latest_snapshot".
     _________________________________________________________________

That's not very useful, either. I think that it would actually be best if
the exact hostname, CVS username, CVS password, module name, etcc... were
prodived. Even an example of

cvs -d :pserver:egcs.cygnus.com:/cvsroot login cvs
cvs co egcs

might be good. ....

Anyway, #2 & #3 are minor nitpicks, but for a 'release-level' product,
they should probably be fixed.

But #1 has me stumped here. Do I need to upgrade my glibc, too?

(ps: I just subscribed to egcs-bugs, so please cc: me in any reply [ I
don't know the subscription turn-around time for this host].)

Thanx!


G'day!

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