[Bug bootstrap/63714] AIX (5.3.7, xlC v11) fails to bootstrap for gcc 4.9.2, 4.8.3 and 4.7.4

aixtools at gmail dot com gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Tue Nov 4 14:09:00 GMT 2014


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63714

--- Comment #12 from Michael Felt <aixtools at gmail dot com> ---
I can try them again, but all the additional rpms that installing gcc
requires tends to break things.

I try to make as few assumptions about an environment as possible
(such as bash installed on AIX).
It may perform better, but I have never relied on it and it's
differences are difficult for me.
Additionally, as AIX is my focus, I cannot make the assumption that
bash will be installed.

I do not know about the BULL software, but as M Perlz is still making
software for AIX 5.1 (as one example) I am unsure of the platform he
is building on.

I have tried this in the past, years ago, and understood gnu
requirements even less than now. I do not expect it to be easy but do
hope it can be accomplished by an 'expert-layman' compared to/with
"developer"

:smile:


On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:59 PM, dje at gcc dot gnu.org
<gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63714
>
> --- Comment #10 from David Edelsohn <dje at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> I had not realized that Bash-isms had crept into Autoconf, but I am not
> surprised.  Using KSH to bootstrap is extremely slow and causes other problems.
>
> Both Bull Freeware for AIX and Perzl websites have RPMs for recent releases of
> GCC, so I do not understand the "ancient" comment.
>
> The GCC build process really wants any non-GCC bootstrap compiler to be called
> "cc".  If you want to add more options, you likely need to create a script in
> your $HOME/bin directory in your path and insert the option there.
>
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