prerequisites

[Jim Thomas]

Aloha,

There do not seem to be any prerequisites given for gcc versions in the
documentation.  The code still has #ifdef's for gcc < 2.6 ... :)

In trying to compile binutils-2.23.2 with gcc-2.95.3 and make-3.82 on
linux-2.4.32, the following issues were uncovered.

a gratuitous ";;"

*** dwarf2.c.ORIG       Thu Jul 26 08:20:39 2012
--- dwarf2.c    Thu Jun 27 15:22:09 2013
***************
*** 3621,3627 ****
  void
  _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info (bfd *abfd, void **pinfo)
  {
!   struct dwarf2_debug *stash = (struct dwarf2_debug *) *pinfo;;
    struct comp_unit *each;
  
    if (abfd == NULL || stash == NULL)
--- 3621,3627 ----
  void
  _bfd_dwarf2_cleanup_debug_info (bfd *abfd, void **pinfo)
  {
!   struct dwarf2_debug *stash = (struct dwarf2_debug *) *pinfo;
    struct comp_unit *each;
  
    if (abfd == NULL || stash == NULL)


an unnecessary violation of reasonable C standards, i.e., putting
declarations after code

*** ar.c.ORIG   Sun Mar 24 22:06:21 2013
--- ar.c        Thu Jun 27 15:43:35 2013
***************
*** 245,252 ****
  {
    FILE *s;
  
-   s = help ? stdout : stderr;
- 
  #if BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS
    /* xgettext:c-format */
    const char *command_line
--- 245,250 ----
***************
*** 259,264 ****
--- 257,265 ----
      = _("Usage: %s [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcDfilMNoPsSTuvV]"
        " [member-name] [count] archive-file file...\n");
  #endif
+ 
+   s = help ? stdout : stderr;
+ 
    fprintf (s, command_line, program_name);
  
    /* xgettext:c-format */



an understandable use of the "t" format, but 2.95.3 does not seem to
understand it, or "z" -- agreed that "u" is no good either, but this is only
on a 32-bit system :)

*** readelf.c.ORIG      Sun Mar 24 22:06:21 2013
--- readelf.c   Thu Jun 27 15:55:23 2013
***************
*** 10471,10477 ****
  #ifndef __MSVCRT__
          /* PR 11128: Use two separate invocations in order to work
               around bugs in the Solaris 8 implementation of printf.  */
!         printf ("  [%6tx]  ", data - start);
          printf ("%s\n", data);
  #else
          printf ("  [%6Ix]  %s\n", (size_t) (data - start), data);
--- 10471,10477 ----
  #ifndef __MSVCRT__
          /* PR 11128: Use two separate invocations in order to work
               around bugs in the Solaris 8 implementation of printf.  */
!         printf ("  [%6ux]  ", (size_t)(data - start));
          printf ("%s\n", data);
  #else
          printf ("  [%6Ix]  %s\n", (size_t) (data - start), data);



a valid complaint about signed versus unsigned

*** tc-i386-intel.c.ORIG        Wed Jul 25 01:34:49 2012
--- tc-i386-intel.c     Thu Jun 27 16:18:58 2013
***************
*** 792,798 ****
           || intel_state.is_mem)
      {
        /* Memory operand.  */
!       if (i.mem_operands
          >= 2 - !current_templates->start->opcode_modifier.isstring)
        {
          /* Handle
--- 792,798 ----
           || intel_state.is_mem)
      {
        /* Memory operand.  */
!       if ((int)i.mem_operands
          >= 2 - !current_templates->start->opcode_modifier.isstring)
        {
          /* Handle


PRINTF_LIKE is used only here from its definition in as.h .  There are
version #ifdefs around the definition, but 2.95.3 does not work with the
result

*** tc-i386.c.ORIG      Fri Nov  9 03:32:04 2012
--- tc-i386.c   Thu Jun 27 16:22:33 2013
***************
*** 2007,2013 ****
  static void
  update_code_flag (int value, int check)
  {
!   PRINTF_LIKE ((*as_error));
  
    flag_code = (enum flag_code) value;
    if (flag_code == CODE_64BIT)
--- 2007,2013 ----
  static void
  update_code_flag (int value, int check)
  {
!   void ((*as_error)) (const char *format, ...);
  
    flag_code = (enum flag_code) value;
    if (flag_code == CODE_64BIT)



then came ld and "link_info shadows global definition" error messages and I
gave up and switched to trying to get gcc-3.4.6 to compile :)

Mahalo for listening,
Jim