built gcc-4.4.0, most tests failed, is it usable?

[Amitava Dutta]

Thanks.

Started the "make -k check" again without -j option, 
will post summary tomorrow.

Best regards
Amitava Dutta


--- On Thu, 5/14/09, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:

> From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
> Subject: Re: built gcc-4.4.0, most tests failed, is it usable?
> To: ad_101@yahoo.com
> Cc: "GCC Help" <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:49 AM
> Amitava Dutta <ad_101@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> 
> > I built GCC 4.4.0 on a Sparc Solaris 10. 
> >
> > The build went thru fine, but most of the tests
> failed,
> > last fragment from make check is below.
> 
> When you run "make check", don't use the -j option. 
> It is doing
> something which is not supported by your host tools. 
> make -jN check is
> only well-tested on GNU/Linux.  If you have the time,
> it would be
> helpful if you could look into the problems on your system
> and fix them.
> 
> Ian
>