Thomas,
gcc version egcs-2.91.57 19980901 (egcs-1.1 release) has no problem
to compile 6.4, and 1.1.1 release also compiles 6.4 fine.
But several snapshots between 1.1 and 1.1.1 definitely have the problem
I described. After that I read the FAQ and returns to 1.1 release.
Today I installed 1.1.1 and recompile 6.4 - no problem !
Probably egcs people fixed the problem.
Regards, Oleg
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 15:25:04 +0000
> From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] problem compiling with egcs 1.1.1
>
> > I tried to compile 6.4 with latest egcs and have experienced
> > problem to compile several files on my Linux x86 box.
>
> I've had success compiling with egcs on Linux in the recent past, using
> this version from rpms:
>
> Reading specs from
> /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1/egcs-2.91.57/specs
> gcc version egcs-2.91.57 19980901 (egcs-1.1 release)
>
> I don't use this compiler on a regular basis yet, since it has
> undesirable rounding behavior for some floating point operations (e.g.
> lots of trailing "9"s in some output which are not present in gcc-2.7.x
> which screws up the Postgres regression tests).
>
> But I can not recall having any fundamental compilation problems, and
> certainly did not have to rewrite assembler code as suggested by your
> url reference.
>
> Send some specific examples of problems you are seeing and I can try
> them on my libc5 machine.
>
> - Tom
>
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