RE: RESOLVED: mod_webapp hanging/core-dumping on Solaris

[Thom Park <tp...@borland.com>]

Hello!

My tuppence worth on one comment here:

>1. Always use gcc.  Always use gcc.  Always use gcc.
   Why?  Because it's the lowest common denominator.
   Because the developers are building/testing with it.
   Because ./configure likes it.  Always use gcc.

Only do this if your absolutely guaranteed that any libraries that you
link with have not been compiled with Sun's native C++ compiler ;-)

There is serious grief in store trying to resolve name-mangled symbols
between gcc and a C++ library (even with extern "C" used).

I learned this the hardway :(

Apart from that - excellent job on debugging!

-Thom

Re: RESOLVED: mod_webapp hanging/core-dumping on Solaris

["Pier P. Fumagalli" <pi...@betaversion.org>]

Thom Park at tpark@borland.com wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> My tuppence worth on one comment here:
> 
>> 1. Always use gcc.  Always use gcc.  Always use gcc.
>  Why?  Because it's the lowest common denominator.
>  Because the developers are building/testing with it.
>  Because ./configure likes it.  Always use gcc.
> 
> Only do this if your absolutely guaranteed that any libraries that you
> link with have not been compiled with Sun's native C++ compiler ;-)
> 
> There is serious grief in store trying to resolve name-mangled symbols
> between gcc and a C++ library (even with extern "C" used).
> 
> I learned this the hardway :(

If there's a problem with Sun's C++, I bet it's in APR (as mod_webapp relies
100% on it). And it can be fixed (here or there). And I don't quite get why
Sun's and GCC aren't interoperable... They should both spit out ELF on
Solaris...

> Apart from that - excellent job on debugging!

FUCK YEAH... (Ok, I can be somehow happy at this point)

Guys, we need to shoot at the bug I filed today... #2933... It's the only
step which still forbids me to put out a beta-1... :) Can you please check
if it's my setup or it can be reproduced also on yours?

    Pier