321307 – >=gcc-4.3 interoperability problems with <=glibc-2.5

Bug 321307 - >=gcc-4.3 interoperability problems with <=glibc-2.5

Summary: >=gcc-4.3 interoperability problems with <=glibc-2.5

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo/Alt
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Prefix Support (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Prefix

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Reported:	2010-05-24 14:05 UTC by Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-05-26 13:55 UTC (History)
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Description Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2010-05-24 14:05:01 UTC

I'm seeing this alot, recently. Is there a generic workaround? Something in eclass or profiles that we can do?

checking whether <wchar.h> uses 'inline' correctly... no
configure: error: <wchar.h> cannot be used with this compiler (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -std=gnu99 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer ).
This is a known interoperability problem of glibc <= 2.5 with gcc >= 4.3 in
C99 mode. You have four options:
  - Add the flag -fgnu89-inline to CC and reconfigure, or
  - Fix your include files, using parts of
    <http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=b037a293a48718af30d706c2e18c929d0e69a621>, or
  - Use a gcc version older than 4.3, or
  - Don't use the flags -std=c99 or -std=gnu99.
Configuration aborted.

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2010-05-26 13:55:57 UTC

While I still think there are some problems in this scenario...

Some of my build failures have went away since I recovered from bug 320487 so I'll close this for now.