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From: mcvax!moncam!paul@UUNET.UU.NET (Paul Hudson)
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Subject: bug in sparc gcc 1.28 (really SUN's problem :-))
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Date: 3 Oct 88 14:04:41 GMT
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The sparc assembler limits strings to 2048 characters. This is about
half the corresponding limit on the SUN-3. Compiling code including sunview
header files with -g results in a .stabs string that is longer than this.
I don't know enough about gdb's format to know whether this can be split.
SUN say the assembler will be changed some time, but this doesn't seem to mean
soon. Any sign of gas for the sparc?

Is there a definitive list of changes to get gcc1.28 working on the sparc?
I've got it to the stage where it compiles itself, but some of my code provokes
signal 6 and 11. 

Changes I made were to cast the offending 0 to (tree)0 as discussed by
others, and patch output-sparc.h as given by Dean Long. If the signal
stuff is not fixed and it will help, I'll post the offending code.

Paul Hudson 

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