Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Guy Jennings <[email protected]> · Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:00:13 -0600

You might also like to try egcs instead of gcc/g++, I gather it is superior for
c++, especially on non-Intel platforms...

"John A. Priller" wrote:

> I'm using EPICS R3.13.1 on Sun Solaris 2.6 w/gcc 2.8.1, and I had that same
> "internal compiler error" message in exactly the same place.  I got around
> it by manually compiling gdd.cc without optimization (that long string of
> arguments, minus the -O flag) and moving the resultant gdd.o file to my
> O.solaris subdirectory.  I haven't actually tried using gdd on the Sun, so I
> don't know if that's a completely valid work-around, but I was able to
> finish the build.
>
> If anyone's curious, I did a little tinkering with the gdd code while I was
> trying to find the problem, and it seems to result from gdd::init (and
> gdd::setDimension) casting a pointer to gddBounds1D (or 2D, 3D) to a pointer
> to gddBounds.  At least commenting out those lines kept the error from
> occuring.
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: john sinclair [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 6:05 PM
> > To: tech talk
> > Subject: Installing epics on Sun Solaris
> >
> >
> > I just got my new Solaris machine going and attempted the
> > EPICS R3.13.1
> > install.
> >
> > All my GNU tools were downloaded in binary form from a Sun site.
> >
> > Environment vars:
> >
> > EPICS_BASE=/epics/base
> > HOST_ARCH=solaris
> >
> > I do this:
> >
> >   cd /epics/base
> >   make
> >
> > I get this:
> >
> >   make -C src  inc
> >   make[1]: Entering directory `/space/epics/base/src'
> >   make -C tools  inc
> >   make[2]: Entering directory `/space/epics/base/src/tools'
> >   /usr/bin/perl  ../../bin/solaris/makeMakefile.pl O.solaris Host
> >   Can't open perl script "../../bin/solaris/makeMakefile.pl":
> > No such file or directory
> >   make[2]: *** [O.solaris] Error 2
> >   make[2]: Leaving directory `/space/epics/base/src/tools'
> >   make[1]: *** [tools.inc] Error 2
> >   make[1]: Leaving directory `/space/epics/base/src'
> >   make: *** [src.inc] Error 2
> >
> > This must be a simple problem. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> > To get things to go a little farther, I manually created
> > bin/solaris and copied the perl scripts.
> >
> > Then I do this:
> >
> >   cd /epics/base
> >   make
> >
> > I get this:
> >
> >     .
> >     .
> >     .
> >
> > Entering directory `/space/epics/base/src/gdd/O.solaris'
> > ../../../config/RULES.Host:461: target `../../../javalib'
> > given more than once in the same rule.
> > /usr/local/bin/g++ -ansi -pedantic -Wtraditional -O  -Wall
> > -Wmissing-prototypes -Woverloaded-virtual -Wwrite-strings
> > -Wconversion -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
> > -DSOLARIS   -DUNIX  -DEXPL_TEMPL -I. -I..
> > -I../../../include -I../../../incl
> > ude/os/solaris  -fPIC   -c   ../genApps.cc
> > /usr/local/bin/g++ -ansi -pedantic -Wtraditional -O  -Wall
> > -Wmissing-prototypes -Woverloaded-virtual -Wwrite-strings
> > -Wconversion -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
> > -DSOLARIS   -DUNIX  -DEXPL_TEMPL -I. -I..
> > -I../../../include -I../../../incl
> > ude/os/solaris  -fPIC   -c   ../gdd.cc
> > ../gdd.cc: In method `void gdd::init(int, enum aitEnum, int)':
> > ../gdd.cc:189: Internal compiler error.
> > ../gdd.cc:189: Please submit a full bug report to
> > `[email protected]'.
> > make[3]: *** [gdd.o] Error 1
> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/space/epics/base/src/gdd/O.solaris'
> > make[2]: *** [inc.solaris] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/space/epics/base/src/gdd'
> > make[1]: *** [gdd.inc] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/space/epics/base/src'
> > make: *** [src.inc] Error 2
> >
> >
> > So is my g++ compiler version not compatible?
> >
> > g++ -v gives:
> >
> > Reading specs from
> > /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.8.1/specs
> > gcc version 2.8.1
> >
> >
> > John Sinclair
> > [email protected]
> > Oak Ridge National Lab
> > 423-576-6362   423-574-1268 (fax)
> >
> >

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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