Re: 3.3.9-test3 is released

[Andrew Gaylard]

Tim Mooney wrote:
> In regard to: 3.3.9-test3 is released, Andrew Gaylard said (at 10:02pm 
> on...:
>
> > Please, give -test3 a spin, we've fixed yet more build
> > problems on various platforms.
>
>
> Builds out of the box on
>
>     HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1b with vendor C/C++ compilers
>     IRIX 6.5.22m with vendor C/C++ compilers
>     Solaris 2.8 with vendor C/C++ compilers (Forte 6u2)
>     Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 with vendor C/C++ compilers (gcc-3.2.3-34)
>
> I also tried building it on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (which comes with
> Red Hat's package gcc-2.96-128.7.2), but it doesn't build out of the box
> there and I don't see any suggestions in the PROBLEMS file for things
> to try.
>
> The problems start right away when compiling ddd.C, and relate to DDD's
> string class:
>
> In file included from ddd.h:32,
>                  from ddd.C:135:
> strclass.h:450: conflicting types for `struct string'
> /usr/include/g++-3/string:9: previous declaration as `typedef class 
> basic_string<char, string_char_traits<char>, 
> __default_alloc_template<true, 0> > string'
> strclass.h:549: conflicting types for `struct string'
> strclass.h:450: previous declaration as `class string'
>
>
>
> It would very likely build just fine, if we installed a locally-built gcc
> in the 3.2.x or 3.3.x line.
>
> Tim

Hi Tim,


Thanks so much for testing all these platforms for us.  It looks
like we're ready to go!

gcc-2.96 was never an official release of GCC.  Furthermore, g++
versions prior to 3.x were far from compliant with the ISO C++
standard, so I have no problem saying to users: "sorry, but you'll
have to upgrade your version of g++".  This is pretty much what
we state at the top of the NEWS file.  Really, this problem isn't
worth fixing.

Andrew.