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From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
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Subject: Re: Problems building gcc on HP-UX 7.0 (9k3XX)
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Date: 2 Feb 91 01:18:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: lmb@sat.uucp's message of 1 Feb 91 19:35:35 GMT

In article <1991Feb01.193535.15868@sat.uucp> lmb@sat.uucp (Larry Blair) writes:
   I have spent far too much time trying to get gcc up on my HP-UX 7.0 system.

   The first problem, which has nothing to do with gcc, is that I can't build
   ranlib.  I'm getting an undefined for _psignal.  Where is this supposed to
   come from?

Sorry. I have compiled gcc quite a few times on this system, and after
properly setting up the makefile all the rest is just a matter of
typeing 'make' and waiting an hour or two. Maybe you should check your
makefile. 

   My current stumbling block is that gnu-ld doesn't like /lib/crt0.o.  I had
   been told that HP-UX used the BSD a.out format, but this would seem to
   indicate otherwise.  I tried to apply the robotussin program, on the chance
   that it is in COFF, but I can't get robotussin.c to compile.

This problem is very common. OK, here is the explanation again. You
probably configured your gcc to output gnu format object/library
files. Then you have to use the gnu linker, stripper, assembler, nm,
a.s.o. To be able to use old libary files you have to convert them and
store them somewhere else (e.g. /usr/local/lib/gnu). To do this you
use either 'hpxt' on each file or the 'mkhplib' script to convert all
library files.

   What next?  And what else do I need to look out for?

I think that should fix most of your problems. If not, mail me.

        Carl Edman


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