VAX Ultrix bootstrap failure with gcc-2.96

Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Fri Jun 16 08:52:00 GMT 2000


 > From: Bruce Korb <bkorb@sco.COM>
 > 
 > "Kaveh R. Ghazi" wrote:
 > >  > I confess to being unclear whether we are talking about
 > >  > getting the GCC built or compiling end user programs.
 > >
 > > We are talking about compiling end user programs.
 > 
 > I distinguish because during the build of GCC, you can
 > define symbols like GETGROUPS_T any way you want.
 > You cannot insert such symbols into system headers without
 > polluting name space and, in fact, conflicting with a symbol
 > that configure will often define for its clients (us included :).

Yes, I understand the namespace pollution issue.  I think the solution
that Dave is working on will not leave GETGROUPS_T in unistd.h, but I
have yet to actually see it. :-)

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