[solved] unable to compile mame with gcc 4.7.2

Question

I tried to compile mame :
http://mamedev.org/downloader.php?file= … e0147s.zip
but it doesn't work, it fails with gcc 4.7.2 :
Compiling src/emu/cpu/tms32051/tms32051.c...
Generating TMS57002 source file...
obj/sdl/build/tmsmake src/emu/cpu/tms57002/tmsinstr.lst obj/sdl/emu/cpu/tms57002/tms57002.inc
Compiling src/emu/cpu/tms57002/tms57002.c...
{entrée standard}: Messages de l'assembleur:
{entrée standard}:3066: Avertissement: fin du fichier n'est pas à la fin de la ligne; nouvelle ligne insérée
{entrée standard}: Erreur: ouverture CFI à la fin du fichier; directive .cfi_endproc manquante
gcc: erreur interne du compilateur: Processus arrêté (program cc1plus)
Veuillez soumettre un rapport complet d'anomalies,
avec le source pré-traité si nécessaire.
Consultez <https://bugs.archlinux.org/> pour plus de détail.
make: *** [obj/sdl/emu/cpu/tms57002/tms57002.o] Erreur 4
I want to know how the official packager ( Sergej Pupykin ) succeeded to compile mame ? ( sdlmame package ) :
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … 6/sdlmame/
Do I need an older version of gcc ?
Last edited by Potomac (2012-12-21 20:07:28)

Answer 1

I found a solution by installing an older version of gcc ( 4.4.5 ) and I can compile now mame,
it's a known problem about gcc and mame, the source code is not compatible with gcc 4.7.2 ( and even with some older releases ) :
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-84 … 0473b82412
check the first comment here ( padremayi ), same error :
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sdlm … setlang=fr
the solution is to use gcc 4.4.5 version,
you need also to patch one file in gcc 4.4.5 :
--- gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h 2009-04-10 01:23:07.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h 2012-12-21 03:10:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
struct rt_sigframe {
int sig;
- struct siginfo *pinfo;
+ siginfo_t *pinfo;
void *puc;
- struct siginfo info;
+ siginfo_t info;
struct ucontext uc;
} *rt_ = context->cfa;
/* The void * cast is necessary to avoid an aliasing warning.
edit : the solution was to increase ram memory in virtualbox, with gcc 4.7.2 and 1.5 Gb ram I can compile mame without errors, but with 1 Gb ram the error occurs
maybe it's a bug in gcc 4.7.2 ( because with gcc 4.4.5 I don't need to increase ram )
Last edited by Potomac (2012-12-25 12:09:52)