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On Sat, 24 May 2008 20:48:30 +0200, David Landgren <david@landgren.net>
wrote:
> Compiling perl (5.10.x) with gcc <= 3.2.3
>
> After sparring with the RT bug database, Bram began to install as many
> versions of "gcc" as he could lay his hands on, to see how they fared
> compiling perl.
>
> When he got as far back as version 3.2.3, the "Configure" and "make"
> succeeded, but the test suite spat out numerous "libgcc_s.so.1: cannot
> open shared object file" errors.
>
> Andy Dougherty suggested a riff on the "-fstack-protector" problems
> seen elsewhere this week, but that didn't do any better. Since the
> compiler in question was released five years ago, Andy suggested just
> adding a note in the INSTALL file.
>
> H.Merijn Brand committed change #33841 to note the fact in
> README.linux, but wasn't really happy with the idea, since gcc runs on
> other platforms as well. But that's ok, because he will have to revert
> the change, since Bram figured out a simple recipe that allows 3.2.3
> to work.
>
> http://xrl.us/bkyta
Well, does it need to be reverted? Or does it need some more generic
comment somewhere else?
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