RE: [gtk-list] Re: Cannot compile gtk+-0.99.9

[Joachim Backes <backes rhrk uni-kl de>]

On 02-Apr-98 Deon Ramsey wrote: 
>  
>  Joachim Backes <backes@rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
>  
> > I have problems to compile gtk+-0.99.9 under IRIX 6.4 with the standard
> > C compiler (not gnuc!).
> > 
> > There are 2 lines in glib/testglib.c which cannot be compiled:
> > 
> >    399    print_compare ("Schlo\201ß", "Schlo");
> >    400    print_compare ("\201Äffchen", "\201Öfchen");
> > 
> > It seems to be that "\201" is not valid for the C compiler:
>  
>  Maybe you *should* be using gcc. Your cc would be correct in complaining about 
>  charracter \201
>  *outside* of a string, it's not in the C language,... but *inside* a string, 
>  it's quite valid, and means
>  the character octal 201 (decimal 129), which shouldn't worry it any. Like I 
>  said, look *hard* into
>  trying gcc ;-) Didn't know there are other K'towners on this list btw ;-)
>  Bye
>     Deon Ramsey

Hi, Deon,

you are right that I should use gcc, both for IRIX 6.2 and IRIX 6.4 there
is no stable version of gcc (generates wrong 64Bit code in some circumstances),
therefore I  m u s t use cc, and not gcc.

Regards

Joachim Backes

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