----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 pm
Subject: Re: the struggle for a 64-bit GCC on Solaris 10 - part 2
To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ryan Johnson <ryan.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx>, gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx, ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxxx
> On 12 November 2012 21:20, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> >
> >> I'm still really unclear on why you're having so much trouble with
> >> this.
> >> Have you tried bootstrapping with SunCC like I did? Granted, I'm only
> >> on
> >> 5.9, but if newer versions fall down that's Oracle's fault, not gcc's.
> >
> > Since this is a purely gcc 4.7.2 bootstrapped with gcc 4.5.1 as the
> compiler then it would be
> > entirely in GCC land and not Oracle.
>
> Except that the system headers which declare the problem function come
> from Oracle. And that doesn't answer the question.
No .. I have gone digging to see what is going on in there but it is deep, wide and dark.
I did file a bug report :
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55293
I hope I don't have to go fire up my old Solaris 8 server but, it did always result in a good looking GCC bootstrap.
Dennis
