Very Computer

I cannot compile C++ sources with gcc. gcc complains about not
finding cc1plus.

Yes, I have installed egcs-2.90.27. cc1plus exists in
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.90.27/

I've just made a complete ftp installation of Redhat 5.1 (i386)
so there shouldn't be any problems one could think.

Anyone got a clue?

//Nicklas

Yes, I usually do so. In my previous Linux installation (Redhat 4.2) it
worked just fine.

Is there a point in removing that feature from gcc?

//Nicklas

It appears that if you want to compile c++ sources under RH5.1, you need
to use g++.  Also, if you want to compile QT and KDE, you have to fiddle
a bit. I ended up doing the following:

   cd /usr/bin
   mv gcc gcc.save
   ln -s egcs gcc

Compile QT and the various KDE packages.

   cd /usr/bin
   mv gcc.save gcc

--
Tom Eastep      Tandem Division of COMPAQ

I believe if you read the friendly RedHat documentation, it says right up in
the front, that /usr/bin/gcc will call the older 2.7.2.3 compiler, and that if
you use /usr/bin/egcs compiler it will use the egcs-2.90.27 980315 (egcs-1.0.2
release) version, and that if you want to compile C++ or Fortran code, you must
use an egcs compiler (ie, either use the g++ version of the driver, or use
egcs).

The reason why /usr/bin/gcc is not egcs based, is because the 2.0.xx kernels
will not build with egcs (the failure I'm most familar with is ioport.c which
has invalid asm constraints that 2.7.xx generated mostly correct code, but the
egcs compilers don't).  The maintainers of 2.0.xx kernels have stated that they
won't be fixing this in the near term.  The 2.1.xx development kernels build
quite well with egcs (and the fsf 2.8.1 compiler, but that is buggier than
egcs).

--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office)
4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Maybe in /etc/profile... add a line...

CC=egcs
export CC

And after u do this... as root... source /etc/profile
to make the changes take effect...

What this does... is that whenever u compile some sources...
the compile will now default to egcs..

Pat.

Quote:> I cannot compile C++ sources with gcc. gcc complains about not
> finding cc1plus.