[Bug c/55293] bootstrap failure: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const char**' [-fpermissive]

[dclarke at blastwave dot org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55293

Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave dot org> 2012-11-13 07:40:05 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> > Actually I just tried this : 
> > 
> > $ pwd
> > /usr/local/build/gcc-4.7.2_sparc64-sun-solaris2.10
> > $ date -u
> > Tue Nov 13 03:37:19 GMT 2012
> > 
> > $ CC='gcc -m64 -g -mno-app-regs -mcpu=v9 -D_TS_ERRNO' \
> > > CXX='g++ -m64 -g -mno-app-regs -mcpu=v9 -D_TS_ERRNO' \
> > > ../gcc-4.7.2/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc4 \
> > > --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.10 --without-gnu-as --without-gnu-ld \
> > > --with-gmp=/usr/local --with-mpfr=/usr/local --with-mpc=/usr/local \
> > > --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --disable-nls --enable-threads=posix --enable-shared \
> > > --libdir=/usr/local/gcc4/lib --with-local-prefix=/usr/local/gcc4 \
> > > --with-cpu=v9 --enable-stage1-languages=c --disable-multilib \
> > > --libexecdir=/usr/local/gcc4/lib \
> > > --with-pkgversion=Blastwave.org\ Inc.\ Tues\ Nov\ 13\ 03\:37\:19\ GMT\ 2012 \
> > > --with-bugurl=http\:\/\/www.blastwave.org\/support \
> > > --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,ada --enable-bootstrap
> 
> Why on Earth are you *again* using all these flags?  Remove all the flags you
> added back to CC and CXX.  Remove --with-cpu=v9 --enable-stage1-languages=c and
> -enable-bootstrap as well.
> 
> > The end result of the long long experiment is that there is something wrong in
> > gcc 4.7.2 that make it near impossible to bootstrap.  
> > 
> > OR 
> > 
> > There is something wrong with the headers in Oracle Solaris 10 that makes it
> > impossible ( or near impossible ) to bootstrap GCC 4.7.2. 
> 
> Neither of course, people do it routinely and this works fine *if you follow
> the documented procedures*.

Just to annoy you?  No. 

I have gcc 4.7.2 bootstrapping on a few Solaris 8 servers, flawlessly. 
At least thus far. Every attempt and incantation of attempts on Solaris 10,
within or without the "documented" approach has failed. So, go easy on me. 
I have in fact, done this before. Just never on Solaris 10.