Re: compiling with Sun Studio

[Jim Langston]

John Swensen wrote:
> Jim Langston wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Don't know exactly what I need to do, I have looked at re-writing
> > the class, but before I do, I wanted to make sure no one has attempted
> > to get octave compiled with the Sun Studio compilers.
> >
> > stlport4 tells the Sun compiler to use STLport's implementation of the
> > standard library, which seems to be ok with the cast as written.
> >
> > I have tried this:
> >
> > class pid_equal
> > {
> > public:
> >
> >   pid_equal (pid_t v) : val (v) { }
> >
> >   bool operator () (const octave_child& oc) const { return oc.pid == 
> > val; }
> >   bool operator () (const pid_equal& pid) const { return pid == val ; }
> >
> > private:
> >
> >   pid_t val;
> > };
> >
> > but this generates:
> >
> > "sighandlers.cc", line 892: Error: Overloading ambiguity between 
> > "operator==(const octave_int<long long>&, const 
> > octave_int<unsigned>&)" and "operator==(const octave_int<unsigned>&, 
> > const octave_int<char>&)".
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > /////////////////////////////
> >
> >   
>
> I have compiled octave on UltraSparc Solaris, but using the GNU tools
> with their csw packages and sunfreeware.com packages.  The last couple
> of time I have tried to build it though, I get a weird mixup involving
> libgcc_s.so and haven't had time to resolve them.
Yes, I am on Open Solaris - libgcc_s.so gives same errors.
> I think if you first built (using sunstudio) or installed a working GCC
> 4.x, then things should compile fine.  Does sunstudio use the Sun
> compilers or the GNU compilers?
Sun compilers, wanted to get on the latest and greatest, had a couple of
other issues where GNU is happy (have gotten Octave compiled on
Fedora) but the Sun compilers say its a no-no, and looking at the code,
was true (ie. multiple defines).
> John


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