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[cellml-discussion] Errors building the C++ API


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  • From: david.nickerson at nus.edu.sg (David Nickerson)
  • Subject: [cellml-discussion] Errors building the C++ API
  • Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:04:52 +0800
Andrew Miller wrote:
> David Nickerson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I know Andrew and I have discussed this in the past but just thought I'd
>> raise the issue here and see if anyone has any ideas.
>>
>> I have just begun trying to build the C++ API implementation using the
>> latest svn trunk code. I'm using a freshly installed Fedora 7 Linux box
>> (gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)). This used to work fine on
>> my previous Fedora Core 5 install, but since FC6 the Fedora project
>>
>
> The problem is that Red Hat maintains the compiler and they always seem
> to sneak in a few 'bleeding edge' changes into their version, which
> often break obscure features of gcc (last time I looked into it, I
> believe they had an earlier, broken patch of the visibility patch, and
> we simply check that visibility is present and use it if it is. FC's
> patches mean the test passes, but visibility doesn't actually work quite
> right). I am not sure why the problem has persisted into newer versions
> - I would have thought they would have moved to a newer gcc with
> visibility support instead of using their patch.

yep - thats what I would have thought, and looking around no one is
really reporting the issue anywhere. which leads me to start thinking
that maybe Bob got it right? the API implementation isn't doing anything
particularly specially is it?


Andre.


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