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From: keith@csli.Stanford.EDU (Keith Nishihara)
Newsgroups: gnu.g++
Subject: Re: general queries about g++
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Date: 4 Dec 89 17:56:52 GMT
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markus@ti-csl.csc.ti.com (Markus N. Richardson) writes:

>I am quite new to g++ and have not even installed it yet.  If it matters,
>I will be using g++/gdb on a DECstation 3100.  A few questions:

You will have some significant work to do, then; gcc/g++ on the pmax
don't support either the -g debugging option, or gdb.  That was as of Nov 15
when I last looked.  I also found g++ to be rather flakey on the decstation,
and the lack of any kind of debugging support at all killd it as far as I was
concerned.

>   1) Is it possible to link the object files of the DEC assembler as
>      well as X (DECwindows) libraries with g++ object files?  (I'm
>      sorry if the recent discussion on g++/gdb and COFF answered this one;
>      I just came on board and missed out)

I believe that the function linkage conventions of the native compilers
and of gcc/g++ on the decstation are the same, so the answer is yes.

>   2) What packages (i.e., BISON, GAS, etc.) are necessary to get g++ and 
>      gdb up and running on the 3100s? 

No gas support yet.  Bison is required for a complete recompile, but in the
version I obtained, the bison outut was valid, and bison did not need to be
rerun.

Neil Hunt	Neil%teleos.com@ai.sri.com


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