Re: [linuxsh-dev] gcc problems?

[Bryan R. <br...@ix...>]

kaz Kojima wrote:

> I'm not sure what is the real problem, but the cvs version of gcc is
> very buggy for SH in this several weeks.
> Now make checking of gcc reports to me several hundred unexpected
> failures. It doesn't bootstrap without some fixes. Please try to get
> the version of around 2000/6/1 with -D option if you prefer cvs version.

That certainly explains a lot. You seem to imply that I can use a
non-cvs version of gcc, even the gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz off of gnu.org?
Initially I thought gcc needed specific updates for the sh architecture,
but after thinking about it more I guess all the SH-specific stuff is
handled by binutils. Right? Now, I am building a sh-linux-gnu-gcc now
using an ordinary gcc-2.95.2 tree, and will try again with that...
hopefully it will fix my problems.

Thanks for the info. Perhaps we should put something in
http://linuxsh.sourceforge.net/docs/building-source.php3 explaining that
the cvs compiler is buggy? I imagine a lot of people new to the project
will use that page as a starting point (like me), and keeping it up to
date with crucial information would be extremely helpful to them (yes, I
am volunteering...)

I definitely should have realized using as little cvs code as possible
would make things easier, but lots of the cvs trees I've worked with
before have almost-release quality code in them most of the time. The
LinuxSH project is still relatively new and I guess that makes the CVS
code a bit more experimental than I assumed.

Cheers,

Bryan Rittmeyer
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