----- Original Message -----
From: "B. K. Barley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:37 PM
Subject: RE: [Cooker] Finally a good install, but some issues
> Sorry Chamouel,
>
> "B. K. Barley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > #1: GCC is really messed up. It will not compile any source.
Downgrading
> > to the version shipped with 7.1 fixes it all.
>
> we currently use this GCC which it is pretty much the same like 7.1,
> can you tell me more about what you hide in the backword of 'messed
> up' ?
>
> Messed up means the following:
>
> Situation: doing make install for the aureal vortex audio driver.
>
> I type make install.
>
> It prints out the first command line sent to the compiler and then does
> nothing. Doing Ctrl-C takes me out of the compiler with no child tasks or
> something like that. I have reported this to the list before and at least
> one other person has done so also.
>
> Bryan
>
> --
> MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.mandrakesoft.com
> San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel
>
>
The problem is that 'cc' goes into a loop.. Doing a rpm -Uvh
gcc-2.95* --force fixes it.
I think it is one of the perl installs that fucks up gcc. if you use cc then
it loops. If you use gcc then it prints an error message with some .pl files
missing.
I would say this is a pretty serious bug.
