On 06/05/14, Jeff Preshing wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed Debian Linux 7.5 (wheezy) on a Power Mac G5, which uses a PowerPC64 kernel. I mya have the exact same type of setup here : root@venus:~# uname -a Linux venus 3.2.0-4-powerpc64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3+deb7u1 ppc64 GNU/Linux root@venus:~# cat /etc/debian_version 7.5 root@venus:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2500.000000MHz revision : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101) processor : 1 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2500.000000MHz revision : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101) processor : 2 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2500.000000MHz revision : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101) processor : 3 cpu : PPC970MP, altivec supported clock : 2500.000000MHz revision : 1.1 (pvr 0044 0101) timebase : 33333333 platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac11,2 machine : PowerMac11,2 motherboard : PowerMac11,2 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5 Dual Core) pmac flags : 00000000 L2 cache : 1024K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld > I installed gcc and g++ using aptitude, which gives me gcc 4.6.3. Next, I would like to get a working g++ 4.8.3 compiler, to use some C++11 features. > OKay, I am doing the same thing for different reasons. I am working through the requirements and building most from source into /usr/local. Generally I build the whole set of tools needed and then do GCC last. > So I downloaded and extracted the sources from gcc-4.8.3.tar.bz2, and am trying to follow the directions at: https://gcc.gnu.org/install/index.html > > In trying to get it working, I've also installed these packages using aptitude: > > make > linux-headers-3.2.0.4-all > gcc-multilib > <wild stuff snipped> > I understand that gcc tries to perform a three-stage bootstrap. In my case, it's failing in stage2. I also see that there are conflicting declarations between my system headers in /usr/include and the headers in the gcc source package itself. But I don't know how to resolve them, or whether the compiler should be grabbing headers from both places in the first place. > > Does anyone have some tips on how to investigate further? Listen, I don't know what is causing that problem, yet. However I am probably going to run into the same things as you. I will let you know what I see. Thus far I have just built a few basics like GNU make, libiconv, GNU gettext, libsigsegv, GNU m4, autoconf and automake, bison, then the usual gmp, mpfr and mpc. I often wonder why the requirements say gmp 4.3.2 ( or later ) when the current stable release is 5.1.3. A lot has happened since 4.3.2 : https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-announce/2010-January/000025.html Regardless, I have the latest built and tested. I do have a question for you fellow ppc user. Does your PowerMac G5 decide to go into some weird power mode with the fans going nuts and then it is non-responsive? If I turn the monitor off for the ppc PowerMac G5 then it goes just bonkers after a few hours and with the fans screaming. If I leave the monitor connected and powered on, which I do not need, it seems fine. Weirdest behavior I have ever seen. Ever heard of it ? Dennis
