On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 12:55 +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > retitle 175604 cxx's "compaq" mangling style not supported by binutils > > severity 175604 grave > > thanks > > > > At some point in the past two years, binutils has stopped supporting the > > "compaq" C++ name mangling style. Therefore, cxx cannot be installed, > > and cannot function once installed; this applies to 6.3.9.7-1 currently > > in testing and my attempt to update to 6.5.9.31. > > > > Does anyone know how this might be fixed? I guess an approach is to get > > an old binutils which worked and try to generate a patch, but I've no > > idea what's involved there... > > I don't know if there is something to fix. If GCC's C++ mangling > changed, it changed for a reason (not accidentally). This means that > CXX's days may be over.
Oh. The error message made me think that "compaq" might be one of many mangling styles supported, but it seems not. Oh well, RIP CXX. :-( The good news: the CCC .deb now works again (in unstable, will be in testing by the end of next week). -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://www.take6.com/albums/greatesthits.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
