[parisc-linux] Re: gcc-3.2 -> gcc-3.3 transition on hppa

[John David Anglin]

> Randolph Chung writes:
> > In reference to a message from Matthias Klose, dated Mar 01:
> > > Matthias Klose writes:
> > > > AFAIK the transition from 3.2 to 3.3 requires recompilation of C++
> > > > code due to the changed exception handling (now DWARF2 based). As
> > > > libstdc++ in 3.2 and 3.2 have the same soname, how to handle it?
> > > > Currently 3.2 is in unstable only. Would you want to start the
> > > > recompilation before 3.2 based binaries go to testing?
> > > > 
> > > > The packaging for 3.3 can be found in the Debian CVS.
> > > 
> > > You can get test packages from
> > > 	http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/gcc-3.3/
> > 
> > well.... this is not looking good. after installing these in a freshly
> > built sarge chroot, all c++ programs stop working (well, i've only tried
> > two -- apt and fakeroot)
> 
> You can find updated packages at
> 	http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/gcc-3.3/hppa/
> checked building bash (fakeroot) and upgrading an unstable chroot (apt).
> 
> > (btw, small packaging detail, but the libstdc++*-dev package above
> > cannot be installed cleanly because it overwrites things in the current
> > 3.2 package)
> 
> There is still one conflict for libstdc++5-dev (<= 1:3.2.3-0pre3), so
> please install libstdc++5-dev (1:3.2.3-0pre4) first.

Did you configure 3.3 using "--enable-sjlj-exceptions=yes"?  That way
the 3.3 C++ library should be compatible with the previous 3.3 library.
The switch to dwarf2 can be delayed until the next debian release.

Dave
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