[openbeos] Re: Misc. problems building Haiku on Linux
- From: Oliver Tappe <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:30:14 +0100
On 2005-11-19 at 01:00:00 [+0100], Ingo Weinhold wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Oliver Tappe wrote:
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> > Something at the back of my head is telling me that there was some
> > problem with binutils > 2.15, but currently I can't remember what it
> > was (maybe it was an incompatible interface change in ehopt.c [of which
> > we use an old, forward-ported version], maybe it was something else). I
> > guess the only way to find out is to try the update >:o/
>
> Mmh, considering how much time you spent to "fine-tune" the binutils-gcc
> combo, I don't feel so motivated to experiment with newer binutils in
> this context. I think I'll rather move this binutils version + gcc 2.95.3
> into a subdirectory "legacy" and import a current binutils version
> alongside with gcc 4, renaming the "gcc4" directory to just "gcc".
Yep, that sounds sensible and safe, because "legacy" is just what that
stuff really is... >;o)
> > Having looked into the mentioned problem just now, I suppose the
> > problem could be fixed by moving the definition of struct relax_type
> > from tc.h to as.h (where, according to a comment in tc.h, it used to
> > live at some time in the past). I think the theory mentioned in the
> > comment at tc.h:28 is no longer true (with gcc4), so we might just as
> > well move the definition back into as.h.
> >
> > Could someone that has encountered the mentioned build issue with gcc4
> > please refer to the enclosed patch and tell me if that fixes it?
>
> I've just updated my gcc under Linux to 4.0.2 and could reproduce the
> problem and also verified that the patch fixes it. Both binutils and gcc
> 2.95.3 build just fine here now (SuSE 9.2). Shall I check your patch in,
> or do you want to do it?
No, just go ahead please and check it in.
> My next steps on the gcc 4 front will be to clone the i586-pc-beos
> configurations of binutils and gcc to i586-pc-haiku, create
> powerpc-???-haiku (any idea about the middle part?) configurations and
> get cross compilation for those working...
What kind of hardware would it actually run on? Macs, I assume and probably
some other, more obscure stuff, right (like IBMs >;o)? Maybe we should just
go with 'apple' or 'unknown'?
cheers,
Oliver
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