About gcc under IRIX6.3

[Tim Hollebeek]

Alexandre Oliva writes ...
> 
> On Aug 10, 1998, Nikonenko Konstantin <kostya@dsto.dp.ua> wrote:
> 
> > i install GNU gcc 2.6.3 (version number 1022867720) and 
> >           GNU binutils  (version number 1022589620)
> > under IRIX 6.3 SGI R5000 mips and have next message:
> 
> > ld: FATAL 9: I/O error (crt1.o): No such file or directory
> 
> A friend of mine had the very same problem on a similar platform until
> he set GCC_EXEC_PREFIX appropriately.
> 
> Anyway, gcc 2.6.3 is too old to be useful.  The only reason to use it,
> other than *really* needing that particular version, is to build a
> newer gcc.

Another reason not to use it: gcc 2.6.3 *predates* IRIX 6.3, so it
would be silly to expect 2.6.3 to support IRIX 6.3 :)

-Tim