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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Which ver. of gcc and libg++ are bundled with 2.1.5
Date: 18 Jul 1996 21:10:11 GMT
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fmariam@zeus.leitch.com (Fisseha Mariam) wrote:

> I am trying to upgrade gcc 2.6.3 to 2.7.2 on FreeBSD
> 2.1.0.Stable.  Although it get compiled and installed without any
> porblem; I am unable to compile libg++-2.7.1 which resulted in an
> error message: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.week' that terminates the
> compiling in ../libg++-2.7.1/libg++/src dirctory.

The pseudo-op is ".weak" (not .week).  It requires a new version of
gas.

2.1.5 is a ``conservative'' release, hence it comes with the same
compiler and assembler like 2.1.

I think you can disable weak symbol support completely, this should
get you going with the old assembler.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)