Status of gdmd

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at gdcproject.org
Mon Dec 16 02:59:32 PST 2013


On 15 December 2013 18:47, Joseph Rushton Wakeling
<joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> So, I finally bit the bullet and built latest git-HEAD gdc on top of
> latest-svn-checkout gcc (and on top of a new pre-alpha Ubuntu 14.04 to
> boot).
>
> All went fine with the build, which was configured with
>
>     ../gcc-trunk/configure --enable-languages=d --enable-multiarch
> --enable-checking=release --prefix=/opt/gdc
>
> However, on my first attempt at compiling a simple program, I was greeted
> with a slew of "undefined reference" errors, seemingly covering just about
> everything in my program and everything it used in druntime and Phobos.
>
> I was compiling using the gdmd wrapper (the perl script), so just to check,
> I tried compiling using gdc directly, and indeed, it compiled fine and
> without complaint.
>
> So, what's changed with gdc that the perl script might no longer function?
> And working on the assumption that it's reached its natural end of life,
> what's the status of the D port of it? :-)
>
> Thanks & best wishes,
>
>     -- Joe

I'd need to know what undefined reference errors there were and what
the simple program was. ;)


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