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Paul Smith (psmith@wellfleet.COM) wrote:
: 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.

: 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?


Try adding -D_ALL_SOURCE. There is nothing wrong with AIX in that respect,
its just that it needs a bit of (irritating) tweaking here and there.
You may find better hints in the aix newsgroup (comp.sys.aix ??)


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