On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 01:50:48 -0800, Martin Waller wrote: > I am stunningly confused about the whole c and c++ suite thing that's > going on (I'm still in HAMM - it's *not * the __register_frame_info > stuff!).
Read /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian . > Being naive enough to try anything, and having heard of all sorts of > problems with egcs and g++, I decided to scrap g++2.8 and put g++2.7.2 on. > (I had egcs 2.90.29, dated 19980515). g++2.7.2 is intended only for compiling code that cannot be compiled with EGCS gcc. It's not supposed to be easy to install or use. > So, please help me - why couldn't egcs g++ compile v? Is that version > (like some others it would seem...) broken? Or is v using some > non-standard c++ shit that breaks on 'modern' compilers? That's more likely. > I suspect egcs EGCS has proven itself to be a very good C++ compiler so far. > I am afraid but understand nothing. Would upgrading to the version > referred to in the __register_frame_info FAQ work or what You'll need libc6 2.0.7u-7.1 ; older version either have the __register_frame_info problem, or conflict with essential packages. Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan