Re: RTEMS building problems

[Eric Norum <norume@aps.anl.gov>]

I think that m4 is needed only for the 'bootstrap' phase which is not  
needed if you get a 'point' release from OAR.
You need to run the bootstrap pass only if you;re building from CVS.

On May 14, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Eric Williams wrote:

> Kate Feng wrote:
> > Eric Williams wrote:
> > > Any guesses what went wrong?  Build environment is Linux  
> > > 2.6.9-55.0.9.ELsmp (RedHat Enterprise WS rel. 4) x86_64 and gcc  
> > > 3.4.5.
> > Since you use RHEL4,  if it is for RTEMS4.9, you should
> > read this thread :
> > http://www.rtems.com/ml/rtems-users/2008/may/msg00113.html
> >
> > RHEL5 for RTEMS4.9 development will be OK.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kate
> Thanks to Eric Norum's help, the immediate problem appears to be the  
> gcc in RHEL 4, which is v3.4.5.  Setting CC to 'gcc4' in the  
> getAndBuildTools.sh script and exporting it seems to have gotten me  
> past the assembler problem.  But I may run into the gm4 problem  
> later and be forced to upgrade my Linux installation.  <sigh>
> --
> eric

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