[expert] gcc-2.96 vs gcc3.x

2002-01-03 Thread Marc
Hi, I am not a developer but reguralarly compile src.rpm packages on my Mandrake 8.1 system. I was wondering what the difference is between gcc-2.96 and gcc 3.0. Is it save to remove gcc-2.96 and install gcc3. Or is it saver to stick with the old gcc-2.96. Marc Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] gcc-2.96 vs gcc3.x

2002-01-03 Thread D. R. Evans
My advice, which is probably worth just about what you're paying for it, is to stick with 2.96. Probably for 99.9% of the programs you are likely to try it with, gcc 3.0 will be fine, and possibly better, than 2.96. But that 0.1% might be a real killer. 2.96 might not (perhaps) produce as

Re: [expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-24 Thread Tom Badran
Basically, our 2.96 is the occupation of a number that was abandoned by the gcc team. That abandonment came about because another distro occupied the number. The two came from the CVS development tree at very different times and do not really resemble each other very much, yet the binaries

Re: [expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-24 Thread civileme
On Friday 24 August 2001 10:50, Tom Badran wrote: Basically, our 2.96 is the occupation of a number that was abandoned by the gcc team. That abandonment came about because another distro occupied the number. The two came from the CVS development tree at very different times and do not

Re: [expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-24 Thread Stephen Boulet
Thanks for answering one question for me: why the current python source rpm from cooker wouldn't compile on Mandrake 7.2's gcc. I compiled gcc-2.96 source rpm on LM7.2, then recompiled it using 2.96, and now will hopefully be able to compile the latest python on that platform as well. --

[expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Badran
Im sure many of you share my hatred for this version of gcc. I always found it bizare that mandrake went down this road. At least in 8.1b they have both gcc 3 and 2.96. However, 3 has some issues that make it suitable to keep a 2.9 version of gcc about, i just wondered if it is possible to

Re: [expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-23 Thread M. Osten
This is a multi-part message in MIME format... On Thursday 23 August 2001 19:01, Tom Badran wrote: Im sure many of you share my hatred for this version of gcc. I always found it bizare that mandrake went down this road. At least in 8.1b they have both gcc 3 and 2.96. However, 3 has

Re: [expert] GCC 2.96

2001-08-23 Thread civileme
On Thursday 23 August 2001 19:01, Tom Badran wrote: Im sure many of you share my hatred for this version of gcc. I always found it bizare that mandrake went down this road. At least in 8.1b they have both gcc 3 and 2.96. However, 3 has some issues that make it suitable to keep a 2.9 version

[expert] gcc-2.96 problem...

2001-06-07 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I got error when trying to compile the kernel using gcc 2.96; just wonder if I can install gcc-2.95.2-12mdk.i586.rpm and use it instead. Thank in advance ! = S.KIEU _ http://messenger.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo!

Re: [expert] gcc-2.96 problem...

2001-06-07 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Steve Kieu wrote: Hi, I got error when trying to compile the kernel using gcc 2.96; just wonder if I can install gcc-2.95.2-12mdk.i586.rpm and use it instead. 2.91.66 is recommended for kernel building.

Re: [expert] gcc-2.96 problem...

2001-06-07 Thread Civileme
On Thursday 07 June 2001 12:52, Steve Kieu wrote: Hi, I got error when trying to compile the kernel using gcc 2.96; just wonder if I can install gcc-2.95.2-12mdk.i586.rpm and use it instead. Thank in advance ! = S.KIEU This is unsurprising. 2.96 is much stricter. You cannot