Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:31:37 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, gerald@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port lang/gcc45 - not sure how to interpret GCC developers' advice Message-ID: <20101116093136.GD69044@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20101115184820.GL1517@funkthat.com> References: <20101115105450.GA27736@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20101115184820.GL1517@funkthat.com>
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:48:20AM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote this message on Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:54 +0000: > > On sparc64 -current r212302 I'm having trouble > > building port lang/gcc45. > > > > Before I go any further, let me just check if anybody > > on this list has built gcc45 successfully? > > > > Here's my GCC bug submission: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46086 > > > > I just can't understand what the GCC folks tell me to do. > > > > They referred me to this page: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#sparc-x-x > > > > and apparently to this paragraph: > > > > *quote* > > Newer versions of the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), > > the MPFR library and the MPC library are known to be > > miscompiled by earlier versions of GCC on these platforms. > > We therefore recommend the use of the exact versions of > > these libraries listed as minimal versions in the prerequisites. > > *end quote* > > > > The prerequisites link lists: > > > > GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP) version 4.3.2 (or later) > > MPFR Library version 2.4.2 (or later) > > > > I've installed: > > > > gmp-5.0.1 > > gmp-ecm-6.3 > > mpfr-3.0.0 > > > > So do they mean to say that I should downgrade to GMP 4.3.2 and > > MPFR 2.4.2? > > Yes, I believe that they do. I think the important phrase is: > exact versions of these libraries listed as minimal versions > > which isn't very clear, but saying use the minimal version listed on > the page... They probably had someone try w/ 4.3.3 and wonder why it > wasn't working so they added the exact verbage... ok, I get it. However, the ports above were pulled up and installed when I was building gcc45. So downgrading might break ports interdependency. I'll try instead to build GMP and MPFR with gcc44. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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