Thanks for all your help. I just went back to my CDROMS and loaded up th ecgs
compiler. Now, things work fine (I also had to get a few more libs to compile some
KDE stuff). As long as the makefile knows to use gcc instead of g++ for the
kernel, then I should be okay
- Roy
hhv wrote:
> Roy Brewer wrote:
> >
> > This appears to be my problem: the makefile specifies g++ (CC=c++) for the
> > complier, which is not the same as gcc. I guess I'm only set up to use gcc in
> > terms of the libraries. When I edited the Makefile (CC = gcc), the program
> > compiled, although it complained with a bunch of warnings.
> >
> > I don't know enough about the two compilers to know if the flags are the same
> > between the two. All I know is that I was able to compile kernel 2.2.5 with
> > the included makefiles (at least I think the kernel is OK). Can I have both
> > compilers set up at the same time? If not, which one should I use?
>
> I'm compiling everything myself, at least everything of some importance.
> And I try hard not to ruin my development environment (obviously with
> success until now.). Some things I alsways do:
>
> 1. Before installing newly compiled stuff, especially libraries, I
> remove (backup) the old ones _completely_, that is including
> haeder files, manpages, etc.
>
> 2. Most packages I configure with --prefix=/usr. Exceptions are
> the gnome stuff, apache, kde (/opt/*), samba and a few others.
>
> 3. I always use egcs. Although I installed gcc too, I've never used it.
> I used SuSE 6.1 only to update glibc & Co. and egcs. The other stuff
> was already newer on my system.
>
> 4. If something goes wrong I rely more on the relevant mailinglists
> than on temporary solutions like changing Makefile variables.
>
> 5. I also leave the compiler in peace as I (at least currently)don't
> understand enough of this to fiddle with compiler switches.
>
> Henning
>
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