Re: binutils 2.13 won't compile I'm trying to upgrade binutils an d get the following

[Douglas Richardson]

Daryl,

I had the same problem building binutils 2.13 on Red Hat 7.2 with gcc 3.2.
Though I do not know what the problem was, I found a workaround by building
binutils 2.13 with gcc 3.0.4.

Douglas Richardson.

> FROM: Daryl Lee
> DATE: 09/12/2002 02:47:41
> SUBJECT:  binutils 2.13 won't compile I'm trying to upgrade binutils and
get the following failure during make:
> ==== start of excerpt ====
> gcc -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -g -O2 -o size
size.o
> bucomm.o version.o filemode.o  
> ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Could not find abbrev number 117.
> bucomm.o: In function `make_tempname':
> bucomm.o(.text+0x422): the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use
`mkstemp'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [size] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/daryl/java/gnujava/objdir/binutils'
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/daryl/java/gnujava/objdir/binutils'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/daryl/java/gnujava/objdir/binutils'
> make: *** [all-binutils] Error 2
> ==== end of excerpt ====
> 
> Any assistance getting past this would be appreciated.  gcc --version =
> 3.2.  Environment is RedHat 7.2.
> -- 
> Daryl Lee
> Marietta, GA