alpha-osf4 cannot bootstrap libio/isscan.cc for the past month ...

[Kaveh R. Ghazi]

For a while now, I've been unable to bootstrap on alphaev5-dec-osf4.0b.

It seems the libiberty/fnmatch.c problem is fixed, but I get the
following error when building the target libio/isscan.cc:

 > /usr/var/tmp/gcc-testing/build/gcc/xgcc
 > 	-B/usr/var/tmp/gcc-testing/build/gcc/ -B
 > 	/usr/local/alphaev5-dec-osf4.0b/bin/ -c -g -O2
 > 	-fno-implicit-templates -I. -I../
 > 	../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio -nostdinc++
 > 	../../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio/isscan.cc
 > 
 > ../../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio/isscan.cc:
 > 	In method `istream&istream::scan (const char *, ...)':
 > ../../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio/isscan.cc:36:
 > 	could not convert `ap' to `__va_list_tag'
 > ../../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio/isscan.cc:
 > 	In method `istream&istream::vscan (const char *, __va_list_tag)':
 > ../../../egcs-CVS19991212/libio/isscan.cc:50:
 > 	could not convert `args' to `__va_list_tag'
 > make[2]: *** [isscan.o] Error 1
 > make[2]: Leaving directory
 > 	 `/usr/var/tmp/gcc-testing/build/alphaev5-dec-osf4.0b/libio'
 > make[1]: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2

Here are some other postings about this problem which may be useful:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-11/msg00503.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-11/msg00543.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-11/msg00713.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-11/msg00825.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-12/msg00066.html

If you would please take a look, I would very much appreciate it.

		Thanks,
		--Kaveh
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Kaveh R. Ghazi			Engagement Manager / Project Services
ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu		Qwest Internet Solutions