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I've successfully compiled GCC 2.4.5 on AIX 3.2 and it seems to work
fine if invoked as "gcc", but whenever I try to run it as "gcc
-traditional" for packages which require K&R C, I get numerous compile
errors (for example, trying to compile perl 4.036--but there are
others).

At first glance the problem seems to be that the AIX header files aren't
correct, in that they don't use __STDC__ to mark off ANSI vs. K&R
constructs... instead prototypes (for example) are marked off with
_NO_PROTO: but _NO_PROTO doesn't seem to be defined *anywhere* in the
standard headers; I suppose the AIX K&R C compiler defines it
automatically behind your back.

This is just one instance, though; even putting -D_NO_PROTO on the gcc
-traditional compile line still leads to errors, with invalid keywords,
etc.

What a pain.  

I realize that, if indeed this is the problem, this is a bug in AIX not
in GCC, but I'm hoping someone will have some hints for using GCC on AIX
systems...  or should I just continue what I'm doing now and be forced
to compile perl, etc. with AIX cc?

                                                                paul
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