markus@ti-csl.csc.ti.com (Markus N. Richardson) (12/03/89)
I am quite new to g++ and have not even installed it yet. If it matters,
I will be using g++/gdb on a DECstation 3100. A few questions:
1) Is it possible to link the object files of the DEC assembler as
well as X (DECwindows) libraries with g++ object files? (I'm
sorry if the recent discussion on g++/gdb and COFF answered this one;
I just came on board and missed out)
2) What packages (i.e., BISON, GAS, etc.) are necessary to get g++ and
gdb up and running on the 3100s?
3) Have the symbol name "mangling" problems been resolved for both data
as well as functions?
3) Any DECstation g++/gdb users have good/bad experiences to share?
We are currently using the AT&T C++ 2.0 cfront which is a real pain to
work with when debugging because of the symbol name "mangling" that occurs.
I know these are probably the *very* candidates for "the most frequently
asked questions" in this newsgroup, so please be kind enough to send me
the respective "back-issues" that answer my queries.
Please e-mail to me (if possible). Thanks for your help.
Markus Richardson
markus@ti.comkeith@csli.Stanford.EDU (Keith Nishihara) (12/05/89)
markus@ti-csl.csc.ti.com (Markus N. Richardson) writes: >I am quite new to g++ and have not even installed it yet. If it matters, >I will be using g++/gdb on a DECstation 3100. A few questions: You will have some significant work to do, then; gcc/g++ on the pmax don't support either the -g debugging option, or gdb. That was as of Nov 15 when I last looked. I also found g++ to be rather flakey on the decstation, and the lack of any kind of debugging support at all killd it as far as I was concerned. > 1) Is it possible to link the object files of the DEC assembler as > well as X (DECwindows) libraries with g++ object files? (I'm > sorry if the recent discussion on g++/gdb and COFF answered this one; > I just came on board and missed out) I believe that the function linkage conventions of the native compilers and of gcc/g++ on the decstation are the same, so the answer is yes. > 2) What packages (i.e., BISON, GAS, etc.) are necessary to get g++ and > gdb up and running on the 3100s? No gas support yet. Bison is required for a complete recompile, but in the version I obtained, the bison outut was valid, and bison did not need to be rerun. Neil Hunt Neil%teleos.com@ai.sri.com