Re: Invalid .stabs/.stabn directive

[Tim Mooney]

In article <address@hidden>,
system PRIVILEGED account <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am certainly not claiming that this is a BUG in gcc... Rather a
> problem with my platform, probably.
> Accept my apologies if this message is found out of context here...
> 
> I get the  following problem when trying to compile gmake (as well as
> Python...) on my Tru64 5.1 computer (with Alpha chip).

As soon as I read the release notes for 5.1, I knew there was going to
be trouble for gcc.  5.1 has been out long enough so that this problem
has been discussed multiple times in the tru64-unix-managers mailing list
and in other forums.

The assembler was essentially redone in Tru64 v5.1, and the interaction
between the new assembler and gcc is causing the problem.

You can either force gcc to always invoke the assembler with the `-oldas'
(I think that's pronounced "old-ass" ;-) ) option, so the old assembler
is always used instead of the new one, or just install the latest patch
kit for 5.1.  That kit contains a fix for the assembler that allows
the newer one to work correctly with gcc.

Tim
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