Re: compiling coreutils on hpux

[Bob Proulx]

John O'Grady wrote:
> The problem seems to be that gcc has been compiled for hpux 11.00. Hoping to
> avoid rebuilding gcc, is there any simple workaround to get the coreutils
> built given the current configuration?

Personally, I have never been able to avoid the rebuild of gcc between
HP-UX 11.0 and 11.11.  I think you are just going to hit more and more
header/library mismatches.  I know it is painfully slow but I think
you need to build gcc on 11.11 so that it can process the header and
include files on 11.11.  In the long run it is the lesser amount of
work.

If afterward you happen to compare the differences between the systems
you could in the future isolate those changes into patches and apply
them as patches to the 11.0 build.  But not knowing those I think the
only option is really to get gcc working properly first.

As far as alternatives for you, do you have the HP ANSI C compiler
installed?  I know it is not standard on systems but if you have it
then that is an option.  That is known to build coreutils
successfully.

Bob