On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:55:19 +0200, 
Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> > Arnt Karlsen writes:
> > 
> >>On 11 Jul 2003 12:47:47 GMT, 
> >>Martin Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Of course not. Erik's crappy compiler doesn't seem to find it
> >>>>strange that a function doesn't return anything.  :->
> >>>
> >>>:-))
> >>>
> >>>There is no alternative on IRIX,
> >>>
> >>>Martin.
> >>
> >>..no?  Try Google(IRIX "alternate c++ compiler"), 
> >>Google(IRIX "GNU c++ compiler") etc.  ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > You can get gcc to run on Irix, but it's Irix support is horrible
> > and it is unable to build a working version FlightGear because it
> > generates old style object files which can't be linked against
> > Irix's new style system libraries.
> > 
> > (Don't ask, you don't want to know.  Irix can generate about a dozen
> > different object file format varients, none of which are compatible
> > with each other.  You think mixing up debug and release libs in MSVC
> > is a major pain, wait until you hit irix and start trying to mix
> > n32, o32, n64, etc. etc.  At least don't try this with any sort of
> > gun near by, you might find the temptation to put a hole in your own
> > head too overwhelming to resist ...) :-)
> 
> It's not like a.out and elf format are compatible to the new IA64
> binary format on linux ...
> 
> Actually, It's probably not the compiler but it's me who is crappy 
> today. Almost everything which could go wrong did go wrong today. So 
> don't expect any more CVS updates from me today.
> 
> Lucky I don't have a gun.

..guns are _never_ needed around civilized people.  ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.



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