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In article <1992Feb7.154038.9715@bnlux1.bnl.gov>, mms@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Morris Strongson) writes:
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|>From: mms@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Morris Strongson)
|>Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,gnu.gcc.help,gnu.g++.help,gnu.misc.discuss

|>    I am interested in building many of the Gnu commands on a DECsystem
|>5000, such as gcc, g++, groff, etc.  We are presently running emacs and gawk.
|>I have a few questions.  
|>
|>1. We are running Ultrix 4.1 still, and expect to go directly to 4.2a after
|>the tape arrives.  If I build these packages under 4.1, will they have to be
|>rebuilt under 4.2a?

Shouldn't be a problem.  I haven't recompiled Emacs since 4.0, and everything
works under 4.2a.  I also have most of the rest of the GNU utilities (GAWK,
GROFF, BASH, GTAR, the file utilites, SED, etc.), and I only recompile when
new versions of those utilities come out.

|>2. Will the generic versions (those at prep.ai.mit.edu) build under Ultrix,
|>or will I need to go somewhere else to get "Ultrix" versions?

GCC 1.40 still doesn't support debugging on *any* MIPS platform --- to my
knowledge.  Michael Meissner of OSF hacked GCC to include support for debugging.
His versions are available on gatekeeper.dec.com in pub/GNU/gcc*osf*.

G++ also suffers on MIPS boxes.  Dirk Grunwald is making an alpha-test
binary of G++ available on foobar.cs.colorado.edu.  Look in pub/Gnu-For-Pmax. 
GCC 2.0 should integrate a fair amount of the work done to port the GNU
compiler suite to MIPS boxes, and generally improve the compiler as a whole.

The rest of the stuff I've tried worked without problems.  (Your milage
may vary.)

|>3. What hints/tricks are needed for DEC RISC platforms in building the GNU 
|>products?

In general, just be sure that any configuration files are set up correctly.
Most current versions of GNU software compile with no changes once any
platform-dependant configurations are set.  RTFM *before* typing "make",
and you'll save yourself a lot of needless trouble.

Speaking of make, *some* of the Makefiles in the GNU suite seem to work
best with GNU make, so that should be one of your first projects.

						Frank