[openbeos] Re: gcc for BeOS

En réponse à Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> "Bruno van Dooren" <bruno_van_dooren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > maybe this is a silly question, but i couldn't really find the 
> > answer:
> > do i need to do anything special to install gcc 2.95.3 for BeOS, or 
> > do i just install
> > it like i would on linux (./configure && make bootstrap && make 
> > install) or do i
> > need to do something special?
> 
> AFAIK, the BeOS specific portion in the official sources has stopped to
> 
> be maintained long before 2.95.3. So simply building gcc won't result 
> in a valid tool (if it doesn't even fail to build).
> 
> BTW, there is a binary on BeBits, but it is known to be seriously 
> buggy.
> 
I've been told the gcc maintainters refused patches for BeOS, under the 
pretext that it was dead or something...
makes me wonder if they really deserves the term of crossplatform :^)

> > maybe it would be easy to make a gcc binary for BeOS installer and 
> > put it up for
> > download in the developer section?
> 
> It would be very nice, if someone did.
> 
I'd do that if I had time, but I have bad memory of building gcc anyway :D

François.

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