*** Andrew Sonnenschein wrote : > > > This is what happens when I try to start the latest version of root on my > DEC Alpha 3000 running Digital Unix 4.0A. Previous versions work ok. > > > candide> root > ******************************************* > * * > * W E L C O M E to R O O T * > * * > * Version 1.03/03 10 September 1997 * > * Development version * > * * > * You are welcome to visit our Web site * > * http://root.cern.ch * > * * > ******************************************* > > CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.13.24, Aug 24 1997 > Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements. > Enclose multiple statements between { }. > root [0] > *** Break *** segmentation violation > IOT trap (core dumped) > > > Hi Andrew, Which ROOT brand (CXX or G++) are you using on your Alpha ? I am using the G++ produced ROOT version 1.03/03 on our Alphas here and everything runs just fine. To the ROOT team : Why not only support a G++ version of ROOT on the systems where G++ is available (i.e. all Unix platforms) ? This probably save you a lot of work, makes root.cmz more compact and creates a more homogeneous environment. Also bug tracing (e.g. differences in compiler behaviour) would probabyl become more easy. In addition one could then put effort in providing also G++ versions on systems where this is not yet done (e.g. HP-UX and Windows NT/95). The G++ compiler is for free available for all supported platforms. To be short : why not make G++ as the compiler standard for the ROOT project ? This was just an idea of mine, and if there are some consequences which make the above not feasable I would like to hear them, since we would like to make G++ the standard (free) compiler for the ALICE software. Cheers, Nick. *----------------------------------------------------------------------* Dr. Nick van Eijndhoven Department of Subatomic Physics email : nick@fys.ruu.nl Utrecht University / NIKHEF tel. +31-30-2532331 (direct) P.O. Box 80.000 tel. +31-30-2531492 (secr.) NL-3508 TA Utrecht fax. +31-30-2518689 The Netherlands WWW : http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~nick Office : Ornstein lab. 172 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tel. +41-22-7679751 (direct) CERN PPE Division / ALICE exp. tel. +41-22-7675857 (secr.) CH-1211 Geneva 23 fax. +41-22-7679480 Switzerland CERN beep : 13+7294 Office : B 160 1-012 *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
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