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Re: setup & gcc-3 (was Re: [Patch] Fix setup to build with gcc2-2.95.3-10)


Gary R. Van Sickle <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> DOH!  Mind if I spend all kinds of time duplicating your efforts?
> ;-).  I'm not getting the LogSingleton.cc problem though; but is it a
> compile or link problem? I haven't got to the link stage yet.

It's a compile problem. Based on the error message, I theorize that the
0-argument constructor for ostream went away in libstdc++-v3. Unfortunately,
I don't know enough about STL to work around this.

>> -----Original Message----- (From Max Bowsher)
>>
>> I've managed to fix all but one of the problems stopping setup
>> compiling with gcc3.
>>
>> The remaining problem is:
>> ../setup/LogSingleton.cc: In constructor
>> `LogSingleton::LogSingleton()': ../setup/LogSingleton.cc:35: no
>>    matching function for call to ` std::basic_ostream<char,
>> std::char_traits<char> >::basic_ostream()'
>>    /usr/include/c++/3.2/iosfwd:61: candidates are:
>>    std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char>
>> >::basic_ostream(const std::basic_ostream<char,
>>    std::char_traits<char> >&) /usr/include/c++/3.2/ostream:72:
>> std::basic_ostream<_CharT,
>>    _Traits>::basic_ostream(std::basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>*)
>> [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>] make[2]: ***
>> [LogSingleton.o] Error 1
>>
>> I don't know how to solve this. It looks like the LogSingleton
>> constructor will need rewriting, but I don't have the STL skills for
>> that.
>>
>> A remaining minor issue:
>> ../setup/res.rc:217:6: invalid preprocessing directive #CONTROL
>>
>> This is supposed to be a # comment. Are they valid in .rc files?
>> Maybe it should be a // comment.
>>
>> Patches attached:
>> setup-gcc3-kludge-mkdir.patch:
>> I've been building a Cygwin, not MinGW setup, because the gcc-mingw
>> package annoyed me by not removing itself properly, and I don't want
>> to reinstall it after cleaning my Cygwin setup.
>> Cygwin compilation of mkdir.cc. This just avoids the issue.
>>
>> setup-gcc-partial-fixes.patch:
>> A load of fixes, outlined below:
>> - Add a throw() specification to Exception::what(), because one has
>> been added to its base class.
>> - Add std:: qualifiers to _lots_ of things.
>> - Add using std::xxxx; statements to the top of .cc files which have
>> lots of std:: things, instead of std::-prefixing each occurrence.
>> - Reorder includes (libstdc++-v3 is rather sensitive to windows.h
>> being included before it).
>>
>> NB: It is necessary to add -Wno-deprecated to CFLAGS, to avoid a
>> warning (which is treated as an error) about the use of strstreams.
>>
>> Max.


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