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Hi, Stephan Bergmann wrote: > On 11/14/08 11:52, Rene Engelhard wrote: > >> -#elif (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 3) > >> +#elif (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 4) > [...] > > No idea why this check is there currently, though. Stephan? Kay? > > More or less only a reminder nowadays that you are stepping into unknown > territory. When in ancient times the GCC ABI was more in flux than it > appears to be in today (and thankfully it appears to be in no flux at > all for the last couple years), it was important to carefully check > whether the OOo code base continued to work OK with a fresh compiler. > Today, what typically happens is that the first adventurous soul to try > a new compiler bumps that #elif, sees that everything works (at least > appears to), and all are happy. So it seems we can remove it finally? It would really be nice for OOo "just working" without manual fiddling with a new compiler, if the compiler itself works/OOos code is buildable with it. Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
