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"Achim Gottinger" <achim@g.o> writes: |
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> > hi achim, |
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> > <snip> |
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> > > I agree and already too a short look. looks like all these packages need |
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> > > gcc-core and the additional sub-package. |
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> > > how do you think about an eclass for these builds? |
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> > </snip> |
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> Hi Johannes, |
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> the problem ist that gcc (the binary) must be build with java,fortran,ada |
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> support, |
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> otherwise gcj... do not work, so it's not possible to use the separated |
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IIRC, only C and C++ support need to be built for GCJ (at least this |
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is the case for the GCC-3.3 branch from CVS). |
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When I first saw this "too many languages" complaint in bugzilla, I |
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had a WTF kind of reaction. If f77, objc were made USE flags, what |
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happens when the user tries to emerge something months from now which |
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depends on f77 -- it would fail at ./configure most likely. |
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Now I see this thread has solved that problem by proposing |
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gcc-{objc,java,f77} which is kinda messy like the VIM thing and mostly |
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un-Gentoo-like IMO, but anyway. What happens when the user has |
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gentoo-core, and emerge, say, octave which requires gcc-f77 to be |
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emerged. Can f77 truly be built outside GCC's own build system? If its |
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possible, what about java,objc,ada? |
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If not, then gcc-{c++,java,objc,ada} are merely aliases for emerging |
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gcc all-over, correct? |
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Personally, I feel the GCC we build should be as complete and |
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featureful as possible. After all, your compiler is the most important |
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part of a source-based distro. |
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My second preference is actually the USE flag approach. Only our more |
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knowledgeable users are going to tweak compiler USE flags and when |
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their ebuilds break with "Checking for a working |
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f77... (no)\n***Error: no fortran compiler found.***" they will know |
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exactly what to do (adjust their USE flags and re-emerge gcc). |
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Yes it seems a bit manual. Some support in portage might be need to |
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make it automatic (but I won't guess how hard that would be for |
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carpaski). |
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BTW, if we want to future proof ourselves a bit, some of the other |
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front ends currently in development are: GPC (pascal), Cobol, G95 |
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(fortran 95), modula 2 and ghdl (like vhdl). |
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Matt |
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Matthew Kennedy |
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