[Python-Dev] Python build trouble with the new gcc/binutils

[David Abrahams]

From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack@codesourcery.com>

> On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 12:38:24PM -0400, Andrew Koenig wrote:
> >
> > #0  __register_frame_info_bases (begin=0xfed50000, ob=0xfed50000,
tbase=0x0,
> >     dbase=0x0) at /tmp/build1165/gcc-3.1.1/gcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c:83
>
> Er, is the directory name misleading, or have you picked up
> libgcc_s.so from 3.1.1?  In theory that shouldn't be a problem; in
> practice it could well be the problem.

I'm still ploughing through several days of messages here (so this may have
been discussed already) but I have recently learned that despite the
existinence of a "-V" option, it has long been impossible to correctly
install new versions of GCC on systems with existing versions without
using --prefix= to select a unique location. Why GCC's configure doesn't
issue a warning about this when you do it wrong, I don't know. The only
clue that this is going to be a problem was buried in a FAQ somewhere as of
three months ago.

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