rdfloyd@ceaport.UUCP (Randy Floyd) (03/26/90)
I am trying to get GNU gcc 1.36 running on SCO UNIX System V/386. I have all going well up to the compile on 'c-parse.tab.c' using the cc compiler and then I get this: '/usr/bin/cvtomf' fatal error -- too many modules '/usr/bin/cvtomf' failed, status = 0x1 Can anyone give me the scoop on this? If someone has completed this task and can give me more insight I would greatly appreciate it. Please reply by posting to ' comp.unix.i386 ' since I am at a new site I fear mail may not arrive. Thanks! rdfloyd
martinh@hpopd.HP.COM (Martin Harris) (03/27/90)
I've also come across this problem when compiling large sections of code. I submited a bug report to SCO several months ago and heard nothing since ! As far as I can make out the cc Microsoft compiler supplied is related to the one on Xenix which produces OMF binaries. On SCO Unix however the default binary format is AT&T's COFF, so to do this the compiler still produces OMF binaries and puts them through the converter utility cvtomf, which in the above cases falls over with the error you showed. The above is pure speculation on my part, from experience with the compiler. Possible get arounds are, if you are compiling with the -g flag to include debugger info, then remove it as it seems to cause the problem. Or else use the AT&T compiler supplied (rcc) instead, although be carefull to set the manifest defines you require. I hope this is some help. Regards Martin Harris, Disclaimer ; all the above is my own view , and does reflect any view ofmy employer.
shackelf@ics.uci.edu (George Shackelford) (03/30/90)
I have gotten gcc up and running on my SCO system, but I had to borrow a binary version of it from someone who had built it on a 386 hypercube(!) that is running systemV (AT&T's version, I think). Taking "-g" out from the compilation is not enough. The next thing you run into is the fact that the MicroSoft compiler chokes on the huge macros used in the gcc build. I started to hand convert the macros (a painful process) when my friend came up with the binary of it first. I then used that to build my own version of gcc. Basically, the settings are att386-sysv. That seems to do the job. You may find it necessary to build the gnulib and gnulib2 math libraries using the MS compiler though. If necessary, I could try sending a binary to get you started. -George Shackelford shackelf@ics.uci.edu