Re: gettext-0.11.5: build failure on Compaq/DEC Alpha OSF/1 4.0

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

I followed up the failed attempts to build gettext-0.11.5 on
Compaq/DEC Alpha OSF/1 4.0 with another one, using native C and C++
compilers:

        env CC=c89 CXX='cxx -x cxx' ./configure && make all check

This produces a successful build, but there are still test failures:

        ..
        Couldn't set locale.
        SKIP: lang-c

        prog.cc:
        cxx: Error: /usr/include/cxx/iostream_impl.hxx, line 165: this 
declaration
                  has no storage class or type specifier
            inline int          bad() const;
        ----^
        cxx: Error: /usr/include/cxx/iostream_impl.hxx, line 165: expected a ";"
            inline int          bad() const;
        -----------^
        ...
        FAIL: lang-c++

        ... plus 5 like this:
        FAIL: rpath-3bbg
        29111:./usez: /sbin/loader: Fatal Error: cannot map librpathz.so

Bruno already reported that the latter (cannot map ...) are probably
not harmful.

I'm guessing that the lang-c++ failure simply reflects the immature
state of C++ support in the native cxx compiler (built 9-Jun-1999).

Comments?

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