FS#3571 - Nvidia fails to compile using gcc 4.1.0-1

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Paul Hoy (vermin) - Sunday, 04 December 2005, 04:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date 2005-12-05
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Nvidia fairls to compile, and produces the following error:

# rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/libGL.la': No such file or directory
# FATAL: Module nvidia not found.

Workaround: Downgrading from gcc 4.1.0-1 (in testing) to 4.0.2-2 (in current) results in a successful compilation.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 08:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  that's normal, mentioned in nvidia wiki
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 04 December 2005, 10:05 GMT
probably because the kernel was not compiled with gcc 4.1.0
Comment by Matiss Piesins (piesis) - Friday, 09 December 2005, 14:48 GMT
and vice versa - to use the newer testing kernel 2.6.14.3-2 with nvidia, one also needs to upgrade the gcc to 4.1.0-1.
otherwise it throws out that similar messages about libGL and nvidia module compilation fails.

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