Re: Is GPC dead?

I'm wondering if we could get some help from the GCC developer folks.  Just
a thought.  More tomorrow when I have a clear head.  I'm fighting a
horrible cold.

-Ken

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Waldek Hebisch <[email protected]>
wrote:

> John L. Ries wrote:
> > If it is ongoing or deemed to be worth reviving, what can we non-de=
> > velopers do to help (leaving open the possibility that some of us may
> need =
> > to become developers)?
>
> Using old versions of gcc is probably as close as one can get
> to minimize ongoing work.  But of course there are problems
> due to changing environment.  And there is need to fix bugs.
> Now, in this area first step is to realize that there is a problem.
> So when gpc does not build or you see a bug report it.
> See for example
>
> www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
>
> on how to do this.  If problems with building gpc are
> due to changes in operating system you can report problems
> to developers of said systems -- while it is unlikely
> that they withdraw breaking changes they may offer some workarounds.
>
> Freqently, fixes can be found on the net.  For example, as I
> wrote in another message older gcc-s does not build on current
> Debian stable.  But in Debian repository there is package
> for gcc-3.3 and it contains 'multiarch-include.dpatch' which
> solves main problem.  This patch does not apply to gcc-3.4.6,
> but can be easily adapted -- one just have to notice that
> part of patched code moved from one file to another
> (both files are appear in the patch).  There is another
> problem, but in this case Gogle gives workaround:
> set LIBRARY_PATH enviroment varibale to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
> (with x86_64-linux-gnu replaced by appropriate architecture).
>
> Fixes like this take time, but do not require deep familarity
> with gpc.  In fact, the main thing was that I knew that
> almost all "gpc" build problems are in fact gcc build
> problems so I looked for workarouds for gcc.
>
>
> --
>                               Waldek Hebisch
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