From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 11 11:03:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15218 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:03:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hen.scotland.net (hen.scotland.net [194.247.65.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15156 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:02:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@timog.prestel.co.uk) Received: from e1c6p9.scotland.net ([148.176.233.73] helo=timog.prestel.co.uk) by hen.scotland.net with esmtp (Exim 1.90 #5) for hackers@freebsd.org id 0ykBg5-0006Lm-00; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:02:24 +0100 Received: (qmail 5814 invoked by uid 1002); 11 Jun 1998 07:41:48 -0000 Message-ID: <19980611084148.63477@timog.prestel.co.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:41:48 +0100 From: Timo Geusch To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making world with gcc-2.8.1 References: <199806102250.IAA23365@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 10:03:20PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I can confirm this problem on 2.2.6-stable; it is not possible to link a kernel with the -stable gcc-2.8.1 port. It complains about some missing functions that seem to be necessary for handling quadwords (__qdiv? - has been some time, I'm not sure any more). The wierd thing is that you can compile and link the -current kernel without any problems using the -current 2.8.1 port. Timo On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 10:03:20PM +0000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > supposedly the whole world will compile fine, only problem is that the > kernel won't link properly with 2.8.1 (haven't seen the problem myself > but i know people that have tried) > > On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > > I would like to do a make world using gcc-2.8.1, tweaked for my system > > (ie Pentium-II), rather than the modified gcc-2.7.2.1 included in > > 2.2.6-R. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message