Re: [gtk-list] Re: ld32 warnings on SGI IRIX

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:54:15 -0800 (PST), Steve Lamont wrote:
>> These are quite normal warnings for the IRIX linker. Which gcc version do
>> you use (try "gcc -v" to find out)? Gcc 2.95.2 behaves much better than
>> gcc 2.8.1, so try to upgrade to gcc 2.95.2. Gcc 2.95.2 does a much better
>> job on optimisation, it is at level with the SGI MipsPRO compiler.
> 
>      proteus:spl> gcc -v
>      Reading specs from
>      /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/mips-sgi-irix6.2/egcs-2.91.66/specs
>      gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
> 
> Should I upgrade?

Not immediately, but in the future: yes. Gcc 2.95.2 is the successor of
both gcc 2.8.1 as well as egcs 1.1.2. See http://gcc.gnu.org/ for details.

>> So far, the WARNING 85 haven't bit me, and I use GTK on IRIX for over a
>> year. If you are really annoyed, edit the gcc specs file, find the '*link"
>> line and change "-woff 131" into "-woff 131,85". Watch out: in this way
>> you also won't be warned about symbol clashes that *will* bite!
> 
> It doesn't bother me, but I'm sure my lusers will be confused.  

Tell your lusers that this is just the way gcc on IRIX works and that it
doesn't harm. Use a lart if they don't understand ;-) Anyway, my
experience is that gcc 2.95.2 complains much less than gcc 2.8.1, probably
because it uses collect2 to link (instead of plain ld).

> Some apps also complain at run time.

Can you tell what they're complaining about? I've never seen it. 

>> http://freeware.sgi.com/ for IRIX freeware
> 
> That's a new one to me.  I'll bookmark it right away.

That site is actually quite old. The really cool things happen on
http://oss.sgi.com/ .


Erik

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