On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 09:15:41PM +0100, Iain Buclaw wrote: > On 22 October 2012 20:41, H. S. Teoh <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: [...] > > This is only the gdc-4.7 branch, though; git master isn't building > > on my system because the gcc build script mistakes Walter's > > pathological naming of C++ source files with a .c extension for > > actual C code, which causes it to invoke the wrong compiler and > > produce reams and reams of compile errors before dying miserably. > > I'm still trying to figure out how to fix this. > > > > It shoudln't be doing that - I would instead question what revision of > GCC you are currently using. As it's switch to C++ as the default > compiler around 2 months ago. [...]
Does gdc git master require gcc-4.8 to build (I mean, 4.8 installed as default compiler on the system, not just 4.8 sources)? % gcc --version gcc (Debian 4.7.2-4) 4.7.2 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. % gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/mnt/1/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.7.2-4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.7/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.7 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.7 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-4) T -- Let's call it an accidental feature. -- Larry Wall