Re: About Solaris versions.

[Andrew Gaylard]

Yang, Xiao Dong (Xiao Dong) wrote:
> Andrew,
> Thanks very much.
> Because there are so many compile Errors in our source files with new gcc
> version,
> we can't use the latest gcc.
> I have rebuild ddd 3.0 in Solaris 2.8
> My question is:
> Now we have multi versions of gdb,
> gdb4.1.7 for Solaris 2.5.1
> and gdb5.0 for Solaris 2.8
> How ddd know which gdb should be invoked?
> just depends on $PATH or because gdb and ddd in the same directory, such as
> /usr/local/bin
> Or something else?

You certainly *can* use the latest gcc.  It is perfectly possible
-- even simple -- to have multiple versions of gcc installed.  Just
run configure with --prefix= and choose two different prefixes.  Then
use the new gcc to build and install ddd, and use the old gcc to
build your source code.

You will need to change your path to select which gcc and which gdb
you want to use.

Andrew.