Linking problems with gcc 3.4.2 and glibc on 5.3-stable

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 12:17:37AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 07:42:11AM +0000, Chris wrote:
> > Well it started out with me getting a complaint from a user on my
> > server saying he couldnt compile psybnc since I upgraded to 5.3 I told
> > him I would investigate when I get time, I then found out later that
> > ezbounce also failed (i use ezbounce) on 5.3, but my binary which was
> > backed up from when I compiled on 5.2.1 works fine.  I also heard from
> > many friends on irc that psybnc doesnt work with 5.3 so obviously the
> > problem is wide spread and it was one reason why a lot of shell
> > companies were not upgrading from 4.x yet.  I then decided to try
> > psybnc myself and this is what happens using gcc 3.4.2 bundled with
> > 5.3.
> > 
> > Initializing bouncer compilation
> > [*] Running Conversion Tool for older psyBNC Data.
> > tools/convconf.c: In function `cofile':
> > tools/convconf.c:81: error: label at end of compound statement
> > *** Error code 1
> 
> That's a source code bug, of course, not a gcc bug.  Do try to get
> your accusations straight.
> 
> The ezbounce port compiles fine on 5.3:
> 
> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-5-full-logs/ezbounce-1.04.b.log.bz2
> 
> The psybnc port is not compilable automatically since it's
> interactive, so this problem has not been detected by the automated
> builds.  You should raise it with the psybnc port maintainer or the
> software developers.

In fact, the psybnc port builds fine too.  Don't you look foolish now?
:-)

Kris
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