Am Samstag, den 16.05.2020, 13:39 +0200 schrieb Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support: > > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 12:11 AM > > From: "Don Cross via blfs-support" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > Cc: "Don Cross" <cosineki...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Older GCC install > > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 6:00 PM Cliff McDiarmid via blfs-support > > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org[mailto:blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org]> > > wrote: > > I need to install an older GCC to compile a particular piece of software. > > At present I'm using GCC 9.2(recent LFS). > > I've managed to compile 8.4 and it works, but I need 8.1. > > > As a long-time C programmer, I'm curious why you need an older C compiler. > > Okay thanks Don. I'm trying to compile Gnucash 3.10 which has not been a > problem in the past. The dependencies at present stress the use of GCC 8.0 > > > If I knew what problem gcc 8.4 is causing, maybe I could help get it > > working, so you don't need to compile 8.1. I'm willing to give it a shot if > > I had more details. > > I've compiled Gnucash 3.10 with GCC 8.1 abeit on another LFS(older). > > On my newer LFS it fails with GCC 9.2 AND 8.4 which as I mentioned I got > working on the same system. I hope you're still with me. > > Anyway.. the errors that the compilers are producing, with Gnucash, look like > compiler errors. Not missing libraries or fuctions etc. They are > substantial and I could mail them if you can help.
What are those errors? Usually, if an old package cannot be compiled with a recent compiler, its hardly an error of the compiler but weak programming of the package. Older compilers may accept those weakness, newers don't. Maybe its possible to patch gnucash a bit to get it compiled... -- Thomas -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
