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Article #53303GCC-2.0 - will it be ported to Pyramid?
From: Shumate Jason
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 14:18
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1992 14:18
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There is a recent post in comp.sys.pyramid (it was NOT cross-posted to any GNU groups, hence this post) that says that GCC version 2.0 has not been ported to Pyramid's 90x architecture. This is very distressing because previous versions of GCC would work on the Pyramid. G++ would never work on the Pyramid without extensive modification. Essentially, what had happened was that in older versions of Pyramid's operating system (OSx 4.4 and below), the Pyramid assembler generated OMAGIC files by default. GCC would run as is, but if you wanted to run G++, you had to use some patches written by a guy in New Zealand that totally replaced the stdarg/vararg implementation in GCC and G++. Also, the linker had to be modified too. Well, with OSx 5.0 and above, Pyramid's assembler now generates ZMAGIC files, but no version of any GNU linker can link G++ output this assembler produces. Version 2 was supposed to be our salvation and fix all our problems - now we must wonder if we'll ever see it run at all on our boxes. The guy who made the patches for GCC and G++ no longer has a Pyramid to play with, and frankly, it's over my head. I tried everything I could think of to get G++ to run under OSx 5.0, as did a guy I contacted in Australia, but we had no success. We were able to compile G++ and the library, but the linker never worked. Is anyone anywhere working on porting GCC version 2 (and G++) to Pyramid's 90x family of computers? If so, are they addressing the problems we have under OSx 5.0 and above? A port that will only run under OSx 4.4 will do a lot of us absolutely no good, for reasons stated above. I would be willing to help, but frankly, I'm not sure I have the technical knowledge to do very much. Please cross-post any answers to comp.sys.pyramid as it is likely to reach more Pyramid users that way. I and other Pyramid users thank anyone and everyone who responds to this. I should add that any ports to support Pyramid's new MIServer T-series line of computers that use the MIPS chip will also do us no good. The 90x family of computers does not use MIPS chips. -- CUL8R, | Unknown Actor:"Sounds like a lot of Jason Shumate | supernatural baloney to me." System Administrator, wrdis02 | Bela Lugosi:"Supernatural, perhaps. jshumate@logdis1.wr.aflc.af.mil | Baloney, perhaps not."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11318c,d5cd955aa5c63295,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11318c,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,d5cd955aa5c63295,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-26 07:48:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!mips!wrdis01!jshumate From: jshumate@wrdis01.af.mil ( Shumate Jason) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.help,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: GCC-2.0 - will it be ported to Pyramid? Keywords: GCC, Pyramid Message-ID: <1786@wrdis01.af.mil> Date: 26 Feb 92 14:18:19 GMT Followup-To: gnu.gcc.help Organization: 1926CCSG Robins AFB Lines: 34