Re: gcc with Oracle 7.1.4 on Solaris???

> David Windstrom (dwindstr_at_sirius.com) wrote:
> : GCC, version 2.5.6 binaries for Sparc. Does anyone know if this is
> : compatible with Oracle 7.1.4 for relinking during installation?

Here are excerpts for the group from emails I've received in response to this post. There were divergent opinions, but I'm going to try it with 2.6.3.

>We have been able to use Pro*C 1.6 and gcc 2.6.0 without any
>problems. You should look at Installation and Configuration guide
>chapter 3 Special Issues and Restrictions. It discusses how to
>resolve the symbol _cg92.
 

>As long as they provided an appropriate method of running fixincludes,
>2.5.6 should be ok. I use 2.6.3 which was compiled by an associate
>on his home machine (using 2.5.8). It is important to run fixincludes on
*your* >system rather than using any pre-supplied ones which are not destined for 2.4, >because some of the includes *did* change. (fixincludes ansifies some system >include files).

>We have used the GCC compiler with Pro*C for software development,
>after modifying our environment variables and makefiles heavily.
>However, I would not recommend using this compiler for relinking
>ORACLE executables without first verifying with ORACLE Corporation
>that they support this.
 

>Use the binaries you have to build the latest gcc version (2.6.3) and
>do the full, 3 stage build (you'll see what I mean when you read the
>INSTALL file in the src distribution). All of the gnu sources are available
>from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu.
 

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