Re: [Gm2] RHEL4/Athlon (32-bit)

[Gaius Mulley]

Michael Lambert <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Gaius,
> 
> I think I see what's going on.  xgm2 is calling gcc, but the gcc it finds is
> from version 3.4.4.  It tries to call the correct chain:
> 
> gcc driver version 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) executing gcc version 
> 3.3.6
> 
> but there is an inconsistency between the versions.  If xgm2 were to call xgcc
> instead, I think things would be okay.  I'm not sure how difficult that would
> be--my first guess is that it would require building xgm2 first to call xgcc 
> for
> building/testing, then to rebuild it to call gcc upon installation.  Building
> and installing only the C compiler from 3.3.6 first in order to build gm2 is
> probably not suitable for the ordinary sysadmin.

true..

> 
> Michael

Hi Michael,

it may be possible to introduce another -Wprefix=x option (or suitable
name) which is passed to all gm2 subcomponents (gm2lcc in particular).
This is then prefixed onto the compiler name and coupled with the
standard -B option should mean that xgm2 will pick up xgcc..

regards,
Gaius