running slakware 3.5 on an i486. Liked gpc 2.0 so downloaded gpc-199808*
put gpc-2.8.1 in /usr/local/src and unpacked gpc. Moved p to gpc-2.8.1
ran patch -s -p1 < p/diffs/gcc-2.8.1.diff while in /usr/local/src/gpc-2.8.1
ran ../gcc-2.8.1/configure --prefix=/usr ( also tried --prefix=/usr/local with same end result )
ran make LANGUAGES=pascal after about 45 min program quit with following lines:
module.o: In function 'execute': /usr/local/src/gcc-2.8.1/p/module.c: 510 undefined reference to 'version_flag' module.o: In function 'module_must_be_recompiled': /usr/local/src/gcc-2.8.1/p/module.c: 796 undefined reference to 'version_flag' module.o: In function 'compile_module': /usr/local/src/gcc-2.8.1/p/module.c: 920 undefined reference to 'version_flag' Collect2 ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: ***[../gpc1] Error 1 etc
fix, please thank you, Russ email russwhit@mind.net