[Gc] "include/private/gcconfig.h", line 604: #error: "The collector has not been ported to this machine/OS combination."

A somewhat heartbreaking message seen on my Solaris 10 SPARC server
wherein I use the very strict Oracle Studio 12.4 compiler tools with
strict C99 compliance CFLAGS :

dclarke@mimas_$ /usr/bin/time -p /usr/local/bin/gmake
gmake[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/local/build/garbage_collector/gc-7.6.0_SunOS5.10_sparcv9.001'
source='allchblk.c' object='allchblk.lo' libtool=yes \
DEPDIR=.deps depmode=dashXmstdout /usr/local/bin/bash ./depcomp \
/usr/local/bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile 
/opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I./include -I./include 
-I./libatomic_ops/src -I./libatomic_ops/src -D_TS_ERRNO 
-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE   -m64 -xtarget=ultra2 
-xarch=sparcvis -xchip=ultra2 -xcache=generic -errwarn=%none 
-errhdr=%user -erroff=%none -errtags=yes -errfmt=error -errshort=full 
-xstrconst -xildoff -xmemalign=8s -xnolibmil -Xc -xcode=pic32 
-xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -mc -g -xs -ftrap=%none -Qy -xbuiltin=%none 
-xdebugformat=dwarf -xunroll=1 -D_TS_ERRNO -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS 
-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -c -o allchblk.lo allchblk.c
libtool: compile:  /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
-I./include -I./include -I./libatomic_ops/src -I./libatomic_ops/src 
-D_TS_ERRNO -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -m64 
-xtarget=ultra2 -xarch=sparcvis -xchip=ultra2 -xcache=generic 
-errwarn=%none -errhdr=%user -erroff=%none -errtags=yes -errfmt=error 
-errshort=full -xstrconst -xildoff -xmemalign=8s -xnolibmil -Xc 
-xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -mc -g -xs -ftrap=%none -Qy 
-xbuiltin=%none -xdebugformat=dwarf -xunroll=1 -D_TS_ERRNO 
-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -c 
allchblk.c  -KPIC -DPIC -o .libs/allchblk.o
"include/private/gcconfig.h", line 604: #error: "The collector has not 
been ported to this machine/OS combination."
c99: acomp failed for allchblk.c
gmake[1]: *** [allchblk.lo] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/build/garbage_collector/gc-7.6.0_SunOS5.10_sparcv9.001'
gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

real 7.35
user 0.00
sys 0.00


This could just be because I start the process using C99 compliance
mode and a collection of restrictive and strict CFLAGS with a debug
compile such that I can single step along later.

My CFLAGS looks like this :

dclarke@mimas_$ echo $CFLAGS
-m64 -xtarget=ultra2 -xarch=sparcvis -xchip=ultra2 -xcache=generic 
-errwarn=%none -errhdr=%user -erroff=%none -errtags=yes -errfmt=error 
-errshort=full -xstrconst -xildoff -xmemalign=8s -xnolibmil -Xc 
-xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -mc -g -xs -ftrap=%none -Qy 
-xbuiltin=%none -xdebugformat=dwarf -xunroll=1 -D_TS_ERRNO 
-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600


Note the option -Xc and -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 there. Those two alone are
usually enough to catch every possible variation that strays away from
C99 and SUSv3.  Enitely too pedantic I know but it is a very good test
to do on just about any open source code.

Here is what my configure line and output looks like :


dclarke@mimas_$ ./configure --disable-silent-rules \
 > --enable-dependency-tracking --enable-threads=posix \
 > --enable-cplusplus --disable-java-finalization \
 > --enable-large-config --enable-handle-fork \
 > --with-libatomic-ops=check


Note that I have libatomic_ops-7.4.4 extracted and in a sub-directory 
called libatomic_ops thus :

dclarke@mimas_$ ln -s ./libatomic_ops-7.4.4 ./libatomic_ops

So configure runs fine and outputs this :

checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking GC version numbers... major=7 minor=6                 micro=0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... no
checking whether /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 accepts -g... yes
checking for /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 option to accept ISO C89... 
none needed
checking whether /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 understands -c and -o 
together... yes
checking dependency style of /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99... dashXmstdout
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC... dashXmstdout
checking dependency style of /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99... dashXmstdout
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/local/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -F
checking for non-GNU ld... /usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p
checking the name lister (/usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 786240
checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to 
sparc-sun-solaris2.10 format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to toolchain 
format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... no
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for archiver @FILE support... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p output from 
/opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 option to produce PIC... 
-KPIC -DPIC
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 PIC flag -KPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 static flag -Bstatic works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 supports -c -o file.o... 
(cached) yes
checking whether the /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 linker 
(/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC -E
checking whether the /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC linker 
(/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC option to produce PIC... 
-KPIC -DPIC
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC PIC flag -KPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC static flag -Bstatic works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC supports -c -o file.o... 
(cached) yes
checking whether the /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC linker 
(/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for inline... inline
checking for pthread_self in -lpthread... yes
c99: Warning: Option -nt-multi-os-directory passed to ld, if ld is 
invoked, ignored otherwise
usage: c99 [ options ] files.  Use 'c99 -flags' for details
checking for xlc... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... no
checking execinfo.h usability... no
checking execinfo.h presence... no
checking for execinfo.h... no
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking which machine-dependent code should be used... sparc_mach_dep.lo
checking whether Solaris gcc optimization fix is necessary... no
checking for dladdr... no
checking sys/dg_sys_info.h usability... no
checking sys/dg_sys_info.h presence... no
checking for sys/dg_sys_info.h... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for ATOMIC_OPS... no
checking which libatomic_ops to use... internal
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating bdw-gc.pc
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands
=== configuring in libatomic_ops 
(/usr/local/build/garbage_collector/gc-7.6.0_SunOS5.10_sparcv9.001/libatomic_ops)
configure: running /usr/local/bin/bash ./configure 
--disable-option-checking '--prefix=/usr/local' 
'--disable-silent-rules' '--enable-dependency-tracking' 
'--enable-threads=posix' '--enable-cplusplus' 
'--disable-java-finalization' '--enable-large-config' 
'--enable-handle-fork' '--with-libatomic-ops=check' 
'CC=/opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99' 'CFLAGS=-m64 -xtarget=ultra2 
-xarch=sparcvis -xchip=ultra2 -xcache=generic -errwarn=%none 
-errhdr=%user -erroff=%none -errtags=yes -errfmt=error -errshort=full 
-xstrconst -xildoff -xmemalign=8s -xnolibmil -Xc -xcode=pic32 
-xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -mc -g -xs -ftrap=%none -Qy -xbuiltin=%none 
-xdebugformat=dwarf -xunroll=1 -D_TS_ERRNO -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS 
-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600' 'LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib' 
'CPPFLAGS=-D_TS_ERRNO -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' 
'CXX=/opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/CC' 'CXXFLAGS=-m64 -xtarget=ultra2 
-xarch=sparcvis -xchip=ultra2 -xcache=generic -errwarn=%none -dalign 
-erroff=%none -errtags=yes -ftrap=%none -g -xcode=pic32 -m64 -mc 
-xunroll=1 -xbuiltin=%none -xtarget=ultra2e -xdepend=no -xnolibmopt 
-xlinkopt=0 -xnolibmil -xregs=no%appl -xs' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... no
checking whether /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 accepts -g... yes
checking for /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 option to accept ISO C89... 
none needed
checking whether /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 understands -c and -o 
together... yes
checking dependency style of /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99... dashXmstdout
checking dependency style of /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99... dashXmstdout
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/local/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -F
checking for non-GNU ld... /usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64
checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p
checking the name lister (/usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 786240
checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to 
sparc-sun-solaris2.10 format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert sparc-sun-solaris2.10 file names to toolchain 
format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64 option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... no
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for archiver @FILE support... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p output from 
/opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 option to produce PIC... 
-KPIC -DPIC
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 PIC flag -KPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 static flag -Bstatic works... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 supports -c -o file.o... 
(cached) yes
checking whether the /opt/solarisstudio12.4/bin/c99 linker 
(/usr/ccs/bin/sparcv9/ld -64 -64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for working mmap... yes
checking for PIC compiler flag... -Kpic
checking for pthread_self in -lpthread... no
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating pkgconfig/atomic_ops.pc
config.status: creating pkgconfig/atomic_ops-uninstalled.pc
config.status: creating src/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default commands


That seems to look fine but I get Makefile's that all have slightly
broken CFLAGS in them because an option "-O" has been pre-pended to the
CFLAGS.  That options doesn't mean anything to the compiler and so it
halts the whole process. I manually edit the Makefile's to remove the
option -O and then run GNU make. Then I rapidly get that error message.

I figure I could now switch over to cc and some more relaxed CFLAGS and
give this a try again and see what happens but if it is possible to
push the sources past a very strict compiler then the results could be
of value to the project.

Dennis Clarke

ps: I'm not really pedantic .. I just like to test with C99 first.