Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 22:56:47 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Replacing gcc as the system compiler (was Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object versioning) Message-ID: <19980527225647.36082@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805272004.WAA13789@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Wed, May 27, 1998 at 10:04:11PM %2B0200 References: <19980527182337.47243@follo.net> <199805272004.WAA13789@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 10:04:11PM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > You may need -ltdf during linking. What does this contain? Have you looked closely at XANDF? I'm seeing two real hurdles (beyond inertia) in using this as our main compiler: The use of asm() for some macros in the kernel, and the use of linker sets. What do you think our chance of working around these are? > There is currently an unresolved bug in i386 long long support: avoid > casting to long long. There is also what looks like a bug in handling of NULL - it doesn't allow the use of ((void *)0) as NULL for function pointers. I may remember the C standard incorrectly (I haven't looked it up), but I think it is required to. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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