[patch] Re: Another weird sparc solaris 2.8 compiler error

[Bryce McKinlay]

Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> > Nope, Gerald reported this recently too.Gerald, did you find a solution for
> > this problem?
>
> No, not a solution, but I tracked down the problem a bit:
>
>    nunki[71]:~% cat x.s
>          .global class
>          class = dummy
>    nunki[72]:~% as x.s
>    as: "x.s", line 2: error: symbol "dummy" is used but not defined
>
> > Maybe Sun's as doesn't like the class$ symbol for some reason. Can you
> > try it with GNU as?
>
> It is not a problem with the specific name as I originally thought, it's
> just that this syntax per se seems to be a GNUism.
>
> Which would be bug. Who exactly does generate this "class =" thingie?  Do
> we really need it? And why had that worked before?

Can you guys try this patch?

cheers

  [ bryce ]