SUMMARY: libg++-2.8.0 compile problem

Jon Mitchell (jrmitche@uiuc.edu)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:53:26 -0600

Thanks to Justin Zaglio <justin@caxton.com> who sent the correct answer.
libg++-2.8.0 can't be compiled with older versions of gcc. Not only that,
but contrary to what it said in the README, you can not use an uninstalled
version of gcc-2.8.0 to compile it. Or at least it didn't work for me
(tried making the symlink to the gcc I wanted to use as suggested, and
also set CC to be the old gcc with full path to binary). After installing
gcc-2.8.0, I was able to compile libg++ normally. 

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Original message as follows:


I'm having a problem getting libg++-2.8.0 to compile.  I tried compiling
it with a not installed gcc-2.8.0, and when that didn't work tried with an
installed gcc-2.7.2.3.  Here's the error it chokes on:


make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/share/src/libg++-2.8.0/libraries/libio'
test -z "" || \
  c++ -c -g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates -I. -I. -nostdinc++   fstream.cc
-o pic/fstream.o
c++ -c -g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates -I. -I. -nostdinc++  fstream.cc
In file included from fstream.h:30,
                 from fstream.cc:34:
iostream.h:91: parse error before `__extension__'
iostream.h:208: parse error before `__extension__'
make[1]: *** [fstream.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/src/libg++-2.8.0/libraries/libio'
make: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2


Any ideas?  I WILL summarize.



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Jon Mitchell                            Here's a nickel, kid...
CCSO Workstation Support Group
jrmitche at uiuc dot edu                *speaks only for himself*


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