Re: 2.1.69 and gcc 4.0

[Paul Thomas]

> There were two bugs that I filled against gcc4 -- gfortran cannot handle 
> multiple
> ENTRY in fortrnan programs [1]. Another -- g++ have ICE compiling some of 
> the Array*.cc
> files [2]. I think both was fixed in gcc-4.0.0-2 rpms, but since 
> corresponding gcc4 for FC3
> (or RHEL4) is not yet available, I cannot check it.
As I said, the ENTRY problem is fixed in cvs - it is likely that all the 
gfortran fixes will be applied to release 4.0.1 because it is still regarded 
as being a beta version.

It should be remembered that gcc-4.x is a big step because of the the 
introduction of tree-ssa and the problem of lack of support for g77.  The 
ramifications for the likes of octave are likely to be felt for a while yet. 
It is highly encouraging that some successful builds are being reported.

Paul T 




-------------------------------------------------------------
Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
-------------------------------------------------------------