Re: Solaris - I-4GL - compiler

Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> writes: > Thomas Ronayne wrote: >> blue wrote: >>> Here is the question: >>> Is it possible to use gcc instead of cc with I-4GL ? >>> >>> If yes, how do you configure i4gl to use gcc instead of cc and which flag >>> should be used. >>> >> Set the environment variable >> INFORMIXC=gcc>> You may have to fiddle with LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but probably not. > > You might also have to worry about whether -KPIC needs mapping to > -fPIC and any other platform specific options. If you're using 64-bit > versions (.FCx), then there's a Solaris C options -xarch=v9 that needs > to map to -m64 for a 64-bit GCC, I think. But setting INFORMIXC is a > good starting point - and the key step in the operation. The rest is > mainly cosmetic. Some older version of 4gl needed "-fwritable-strings", too. > Oh, and if you want to make the changes permanent, you make a backup > of the original c4gl, then edit $INFORMIXDIR/bin/c4gl. Better to copy it to $HOME/bin and edit it there and make sure that $HOME/bin comes before $INFORMIXDIR/bin in your PATH. *BEST* to just set INFORMIXC in /etc/profile or whereever you set INFORMIXDIR so that everyone who needs it has it set. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B