scowles@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Sid Cowles) (02/01/89)
on an ipc with absolute minimum configuration (512K ram, internal
floppy), i've been trying to compile various utilities. i've found
that the only way i could use cc in this configuration was to ensure
that the floppy was mounted as /tmp. for libraries, though, like
curses, a ram directory (eg /lib or /usr/lib) had to be created and
the needed library placed there because the -L option of the cc
command would not work. my specific question is: is the -L option
really not implemented in spite of the ipc man page description?
in general, does anyone else successfully operate in this spartan
environment?
sid
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internet: scowles@lll-lcc.llnl.govbd@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Bob Desinger) (02/04/89)
Sid Cowles (scowles@lll-lcc.llnl.gov) writes: > on an ipc with absolute minimum configuration (512K ram, internal > floppy), i've been trying to compile various utilities. Just a stab in the dark, and an indirect one at that, but does fcc (the "floppy cc" command) obey a -L flag? I don't use fcc myself and I don't know if you even want to use it, but it may be worth a try. (I have the SE ROM and a meg of memory, so my configuration is pretty different from yours. Still, oddly enough, the SE ROM has fcc built into it even though it also offers cc.) -- bd
steve@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Steve Hiebert) (02/07/89)
For more stabbing in the dark, if cc(1) and fcc(1) don't accept "-L", have you tried "-Wl,-L" (the letter after the -W is an "ell")? That should force the -L to go to the loader. If all else fails, you can specify the libraries fully, e.g., /floppy/lib/libc.a fcc(1) should ask to have the floppy mounted if it isn't already. If fcc(1) still demands a libc.a, you could create an empty one with ar(1) and place it in a ramdisk /lib. If all references are resolved by a previously specified /floppy/lib/libc.a , there will be no complaints about an empty /lib/libc.a. Steve Hiebert Hewlett-Packard Corvallis Workstation Operation