Re: GCC problem, take two

"T. Ribbrock" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.aurora.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:33:00AM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> "T. Ribbrock" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > BTW: gcc-sparc32 is not installed on that box - should it be?
> 
> Yes.  For reasons unknown to mankind, the sparc64 compiler does not like
> SHA. Install gcc-sparc32, and wrap all calls used for compiling in
> "sparc32".
[...]

Hm - that leads me to a question: If the sparc64 (or whatever the
"default" gcc is called) gcc is broken on both sparc64 and sparc32
(and failing to compile a file in this manner *is* broken in my eyes),
then why isn't gcc-sparc32 the default compiler and gcc-sparc64 the
add-on package?

Also, having to use the "sparc32" wrapper on a 32bit box seems off to
me - it should be the implicit default IMO.


> Maybe this ought to be part of the FAQ, since only fresh installs of
> 1.0 (and successors, if there are any ;) will not show this behaviour.

At the very least the description of gcc-sparc32 needs to be changed,
as the current description does not make it clear that it's a
*required* package on both sparc32 and sparc64.

Cheerio,

Thomas
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