GCC 3.4.0 fails to boot with a non-GCC C compiler

[Mark Mitchell]

Joe Buck wrote:

>See the thread starting at
>
>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-04/msg00424.html
>
>Apparently the problem is that HP-UX's C compiler sort-of-but-not-really
>supports the inline keyword, and that the tests we use to find it differ,
>so that one tester says inline is present, the other says it is absent.
>
>According to Jakub, it seems the autoconf 2.13 test says HP has inline,
>autoconf 2.5x says it does not.  So upgrading to 2.5x everywhere would
>be one way of fixing the world.
>
>So, Mark, if you want 3.4.0 in a hurry, you could use my patch and fix
>things correctly later; otherwise I'll punt and let someone else figure
>out what we should do.
>  
>
Joe --

Thanks for the analysis and follow-up.

Please apply your patch on the 3.4 branch and leave the PR open on the 
mainline, for a perhaps better fix.

I'm certainly not worried about stuff in intl/ not being inlined when 
compiled with some non-GCC compiler that supports inline.

Thanks,

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