Re: compiling Gtk-- (was: How do I resize a CList inside...)

[Tero Pulkkinen <terop students cc tut fi>]

> In message <m3zp9c8c81.fsf@linux2.worldnet.fr>, Guillaume Laurent writes:
> >"Josh M. Osborne" <stripes@eng.us.uu.net> writes:
> >
> >> This doesn't seem to be a Gtk-- problem, but a gcc one.  Are there any
> >> known problems compiling Gtk-- with gcc version 2.7.2.1?  Any known
> >> workarounds?
> >*gasp*.

"Josh M. Osborne" <stripes@eng.us.uu.net> writes:
> That's not a good sign...

agreed. Unfortunately it looks like all developers use egcs now and
if code is added that does not work on 2.7.2, it'll not be found
immediately - only after bug reports from people using 2.7.2 come
in... I expect these problems get smaller some time after feature freeze.

> >Yes, there are :-). Even though Tero is doing a Saint's job at trying
> >to maintain some sort of compatibility, there are problems, and even
> >if you manage to compile it you'll get a rather badly crippled version
> >with quite a few disabled functions.
> >
> >Upgrade to egcs 1.1b.
> 
> Ok.  I tryed with a 981122 snapshot of egcs, and that didn't work so
> good, but the 111pre snapshot was great (1.1b hadn't been hacked to
> produce ELF executables under FreeBSD, as far as I know).  I'll try it
> under BSD/OS later this week, I think I have 1.1b there.  I think.

very newest egcs snapshots have some new problems(==internal errors on
container.gen_h) on things that worked on 2.7.2. Alittle older egcs'
works fine. (I tried 981127 and it still has the problem) Though,
newest egcs' have stricter const checks too - and gtk-- might still
have some problems with those - I havent been able to fix those yet,
will do it soon... again older egcs' will work fine.

> P.S. is the gcc incompatability mentioned in the release notes
> somewhere? I couldn't find it, and I think it would be a good idea
> for it to be there somewhere.

I'll add some note.

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