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3 total messages Started by Matthew Self Tue, 04 Oct 1988 20:54
unable to build a working gcc on a Sun-3 under SunOS 4.0
#1743
Author: Matthew Self
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 20:54
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I am having trouble mailing to gcc-bug:

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Here is my message again:

Hello,
  Despite following the directions in the INSTALL file carefully, and
trying several times, I am unable to get a working gcc on my Sun-3
which runs SunOS 4.0, using either 1.27 or 1.28.
  The first make (using cc) generates several "statement not reached warnings"
(see dribble files below).  Since there was no mention of this in the INSTALL
file, I suspect that there is already a problem at this point.
The second make generates a "warning: floating point number exceeds range
of double" for the float constant 0.0 (again see dribble file below).
The third pass is identical and does pass the comparison test.  The
installed gcc generates the same floating point error for any float
constant of 0.0, among other errors (which I need to document better before
reporting).
  Does everyone have a problem doing this installation, or am I unlucky?
(or careless?)  I was careful not to set the FLOAT_OPTION environment
variable.  I tried both 1.27 and 1.28 and they have the same behaviour.
There were no checksum errors in the tar files which I obtained by ftp.
The only change I made was to change the execuatbles directory from
/usr/local to /usr/local/bin at the beginning of the makefile.
I used the sun4 config file, the sun3 machine description, and the 68k
md and aux-output files.  The only thing which might be unusual about
our Sun setup is that we have a hacked libc.so which uses the resolver
directly rather than YP.  Could this account for the errors I saw?

  On a more positive note, I wish to commend everyone there on an
incredible compiler!  (Judging by experience running it on another system....)
I couldn't live without variable length arrays!  Such a nice simple
extension.  (Is there *any* chance of ANSI or someone adopting something
like it?)

  Hope I got my question to the right place (sorry if I missed)...

			Matthew Self
		  self@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
unable to build a working gcc on a Sun-3 under SunOS 4.0
#1746
Author: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 23:29
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   Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 13:54:10 PDT
   From: Matthew Self <self@bayes.arc.nasa.gov>

   I am having trouble mailing to gcc-bug:

      ----- Transcript of session follows -----
   421 turing.unm.edu.tcp... Deferred: Connection timed out during user open with turing.unm.edu

   Here is my message again:

   Hello,
     Despite following the directions in the INSTALL file carefully, and
   trying several times, I am unable to get a working gcc on my Sun-3
   which runs SunOS 4.0, using either 1.27 or 1.28.
     The first make (using cc) generates several "statement not reached warnings"
   (see dribble files below).  Since there was no mention of this in the INSTALL
   file, I suspect that there is already a problem at this point.
   The second make generates a "warning: floating point number exceeds range
   of double" for the float constant 0.0 (again see dribble file below).
   The third pass is identical and does pass the comparison test.  The
   installed gcc generates the same floating point error for any float
   constant of 0.0, among other errors (which I need to document better before
   reporting).
     Does everyone have a problem doing this installation, or am I unlucky?
   (or careless?)  I was careful not to set the FLOAT_OPTION environment
   variable.  I tried both 1.27 and 1.28 and they have the same behaviour.
   There were no checksum errors in the tar files which I obtained by ftp.
   The only change I made was to change the execuatbles directory from
   /usr/local to /usr/local/bin at the beginning of the makefile.
   I used the sun4 config file, the sun3 machine description, and the 68k
   md and aux-output files.  The only thing which might be unusual about
   our Sun setup is that we have a hacked libc.so which uses the resolver
   directly rather than YP.  Could this account for the errors I saw?

     On a more positive note, I wish to commend everyone there on an
   incredible compiler!  (Judging by experience running it on another system....)
   I couldn't live without variable length arrays!  Such a nice simple
   extension.  (Is there *any* chance of ANSI or someone adopting something
   like it?)

     Hope I got my question to the right place (sorry if I missed)...

			   Matthew Self
		     self@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
don't send mail a 2nd time, when a MAILER-DAEMON reports a few problems.
#1747
Author: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 23:35
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   Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 13:54:10 PDT
   From: Matthew Self <self@bayes.arc.nasa.gov>

   I am having trouble mailing to gcc-bug:

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   421 turing.unm.edu.tcp... Deferred: Connection timed out during user open with turing.unm.edu

   Here is my message again:

   [REST DELETED]

All this message from a mailer means is that your mail failed to reach
ONE address on the list.  Such messages are NEVER a reason to resend a
piece of mail a 2nd time.  This just bothers all (N - one) of the
readers of the list with a message they have already seen.  It also
wastes computer and network resources.

It is appropriate to send these to the -request address for a list, in
this case, <bug-gcc-request@prep.ai.mit.edu>, and ask them to check
delivery out.

thanx -len 
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