IRIX and Software

Compiler/IDL & IDF conflict

sgizone
From Aiken, SC
Who joined April 1, 2004, 2:25 p.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 2, 2005, 5:04 p.m...
This may sound like a foolish question but it is giving me grief. The 6.5 CD set I have has version 7.2.1 of the IDL and IDF CD's. My MipsPro C and C++ compilers are versions 7.3.1. I am getting a error stating the they are incompatable. where can I find a newer version of the IL and IDF CD's?

Thanks In Advance,
James
Hakimoto
Moderator
From Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia
Who joined March 30, 2003, 4:29 a.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 3, 2005, 5:19 a.m...
James,

the latest IDF and DL can be had from SGI directly, but they're probably quite expensive. They should come in a complete IRIX set, a later one, say .23 or so, which can be had from SGI or other resellers.
Brombear
From Frankfurt (Rhein-Main Area) / Germany
Who joined Oct. 5, 2003, 8:42 a.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 3, 2005, 5:30 a.m...
AFAIK you cannot use an irix version higher than 6.5.19 (or was it 20) to develop with 7.3.1.3m. The later version had special (fucked up) header files targeted to the 7.4 compiler which caused huge compile problems over several os revisions. Personally I stay away from the 7.4 series. Simply not worth the hassle IMHO.

My 2 cents

Matthias
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Hakimoto
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From Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia
Who joined March 30, 2003, 4:29 a.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 3, 2005, 6:44 a.m...
That's a good point. My bad.
jan-jaap
From Wijchen, The Netherlands
Who joined June 17, 2004, 11:35 a.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 3, 2005, 7:58 a.m...
Brombear wrote: AFAIK you cannot use an irix version higher than 6.5.19 (or was it 20) to develop with 7.3.1.3m. The later version had special (fucked up) header files targeted to the 7.4 compiler which caused huge compile problems over several os revisions. Personally I stay away from the 7.4 series. Simply not worth the hassle IMHO.

You could always install MIPSpro 7.3.x as a 'module' in /opt, with it's own IDF and IDL. I did that on my Octane, and never noticed any brokeness. I even had 7.2.1 on it (as a module), pretty sure it was there untill about the time I upgraded to 6.5.23
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Brombear
From Frankfurt (Rhein-Main Area) / Germany
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Wrote the following at Aug. 3, 2005, 8:01 a.m...
That may be true, but I wouldn't recommend this method to someone that does not 100% know what he is doing :roll:

Matthias
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sgizone
From Aiken, SC
Who joined April 1, 2004, 2:25 p.m.
Wrote the following at Aug. 12, 2005, 6:05 p.m...
EDIT: Post contents removed by moderator. James, this is a 'non-legal' request. ;-) Thanks for your understanding.