Paul Eggert wrote:
mwoehlke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
So, at least here, if c99 becomes a strict requirement, I won't be
able to build on sparc Solaris at all, unless I can manage building
gcc first.
A couple of things.
* First, coreutils doesn't require C99; it merely requires a few
C99 features, like declarations after statements. GCC 3.2.3
should be fine.
I'm still unclear on why the main source doesn't simply support strict
c89 compilers, given that a patch is so easily available. (Might have
wanted to mention that in README.)
* Second, I'd be surprised if the latest GCC doesn't build on Solaris
7. Certainly its installation instructions talk about Solaris 7.
(I long ago lost my last Solaris 7 host, so I can't easily check
this myself.)
I haven't tried; building gcc is not something I particularly want to do
if I can avoid it. Plus I would prefer to use either native compilers
across the board, or gcc across the board, and to go gcc I would have to
build it on some eight different platforms (including the infamous OSS
and our Itanium Linux box which currently has the gcc 2.96 abomination).
So I wouldn't worry so much about this issue; it's not as serious as
it might seem.
I'm not worried, that's why I put "FYI" at the beginning of my post. :-)
Nor did I say it was serious. Nope, just informative.
--
Matthew
"I don't question your existence -- God" (seen on a church billboard)
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