Re: gcc with Objective-C support

[Dennis Leeuw]

Hi Andreas,

It seems that you are just missing GNU MP: http://gmplib.org/

Installing the right version should solve your problem. Or pointing GCC 
to the correct GMP version... depending on your situation.

With kind regards,

Dennis

Andreas Höschler wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sun has released a tweaked version of gcc 4.2.0 with some optimizations 
> for the SPARC platform.
>
> Here are the links:
> GCC For SPARC Systems 4.2.0
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=GCC-4.2.0a-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI 
>
>
> Sun Code Generator For SPARC Systems
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=GCC-4.2.0-SCG-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI 
>
>
> Cool Tools Information Page
> http://cooltools.sunsource.net/
>
> My attempt to build the sources with Objective-C support failed:
>
> ../configure --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld 
> --disable-nls  --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,objc
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ../install-sh -c
> checking whether ln works... yes
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gnatbind... no
> checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... no
> checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... cmp $$f1 $$f2 16 16
> checking for correct version of gmp.h... no
> configure: error:
> The following requested languages could not be built: objc
> Recognised languages are: c,c++,fortran,obj-c++,treelang
>
> ../configure --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld 
> --disable-nls  --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++,obj-c++
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ../install-sh -c
> checking whether ln works... yes
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gnatbind... no
> checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... no
> checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... cmp $$f1 $$f2 16 16
> checking for correct version of gmp.h... no
>  `objc' language required by `obj-c++'; enabling
> configure: error: The gcc/objc directory contains parts of obj-c++ but 
> is missing
>
> Unfortunately Sun has not cared much for Objective-C support so far. Can 
> this simply be added to the code tree from Sun. I would like to test 
> whether the mentioned optimizations have a positive effect on GNUstep 
> applications running on Solaris SPARC.
>
> Hints are greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
>   Andreas
>
>
>
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