[comp.os.minix] gcc and Minix386 1.5.10

ats@kannel.lut.fi (Ari Suutari) (07/31/90)

	I have recently been porting non-Minix software into Minix.
	When I was running Minix in 16-bit mode and using the ack compiler,
	most of the good stuff didn't just compile. Then I got Bruce's 
	32-bit diffs and his C-compiler. Most of the problems encountered
	in 16-bit mode were solved by that. But Bruce's compiler don't
	have bitfields (neither has the ack compiler...) and it cannot
	compile functions which return a structure.

	So I take Gnu-C compiler sources into minix and tried to compile
	them with bcc. No luck. I could now cross-compile the compiler
	in a bigger unix machine, but maybe someone has done it already.
	I have heard that Minix ST users use gcc, but I havent seen a
	gcc for Minix386 version in any archives. So if someone knows
	where to get one, please let me know. Otherwise I'll try
	the cross-compiling next week.

		Thanks in advance...

		Ari Suutari,	ats@lut.fi | ari@hilti.lpr.carel.fi
		Lappeenranta,
		FINLAND

		PS. I Agree that small is beautiful. gcc isn't that.
		    But it's a good compiler anyway ....