gcc 3.x broken by glibc update

[peti]

Both gcc 3.3.6 and 3.4.6 fail to compile after the recent glibc update:

../../gcc-3.4.6/gcc/unwind-dw2.c: In function `uw_frame_state_for':
../../gcc-3.4.6/gcc/unwind-dw2.c:1031: error: field `info' has incomplete type

Building gcc 3.3.6 is important, because it provides the ancient libstdc++.so.5 library that some software still needs.

[viric]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:57:53AM -0700, Peter Simons wrote:

Both gcc 3.3.6 and 3.4.6 fail to compile after the recent glibc update:

../../gcc-3.4.6/gcc/unwind-dw2.c: In function `uw_frame_state_for':
../../gcc-3.4.6/gcc/unwind-dw2.c:1031: error: field `info' has incomplete type

Building gcc 3.3.6 is important, because it provides the ancient libstdc++.so.5 library that some software still needs.

The java netscape plugin, for example.

[viric]

I'll try to work on it today

[viric]

I tried and failed. I tried to get it have the siginfo_t definition (the info of incomplete type in http://hydra.nixos.org/build/4305372/nixlog/1/tail-reload), but that depends on some _POSIX_C_SOURCE definitions and more, and other things didn't go on. No idea.

[vcunat]

I googled a bit and probably fixed all the gcc33 and gcc34 problems. Some depending packages also built on my machine, so I suppose it's fine now.

I originally didn't know these versions were still useful. Review or try your use cases and comment or close this, please.

[viric]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 01:34:45PM -0700, Vladimír Čunát wrote:

I googled a bit and probably fixed all the gcc43 and gcc44 problems. Some depending packages also built on my machine, so I suppose it's fine now.

I originally didn't know these versions are still useful. Review or try your use cases and comment or close this, please.

Great! Thank you!

[vcunat]

You're welcome :-)

[peti]

snx now builds again. Great job, vcunat. Thank you very much, you are my hero!