Re: configure tests

[Daniel Heiserer]

address@hidden schrieb:
> 
> I wouldn't recommend using g++ or g77 from gcc-2.95.x with -mabi=64.

Why not?

> 
> With the soon to be released gcc-3.0 it will hopefully be a better
> situation.  I have been testing the pre-release.  g77 seems solid with
> -mabi=64. g++ used to work, but exception handling is broken at present

so there is no way with the gnu tools to build a 64-bit octave
on IRIX64 today?

> >
> > Hi,
> > I try to compile octave as a 64bit executable on IRIX64.
> >
> > 1) CC: I am still stuck with the MIPS compiler but I work on it.
> >
> >
> > 2) g++: I tried to add   the mips host in ./configure.in
> >
> >

-- dh



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