My understanding from the discussions I've seen on the net is that the developers who do gcc listened and did include backwards compat for programs previously compiled under gcc 2.2 or greater. So far my results on a box running cooker have proven this to be true.
James On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 08:37, fabsah wrote: > Le mer 28/08/2002 à 15:52, Praedor Tempus a écrit : > > > Erm...how can you get all your 8.2 apps working nice together if you are > > using gcc 3.2? Are you building everything in 8.2 from source? I was under > > the impression that gcc 3.x was severely broken with regards to pre-gcc-3.x > > apps. Are there now some compat libs? > > So far, here is the list of the apps I've build using GCC 3.2 without > problem at compiling or running time : > > > abiword-1.0.2 gqview-1.1.5 pure-ftpd-1.0.12 > xine-lib-0.9.13cvs > dillo-0.6.6 gtk-gnutella-0.90 puregui xine-ui-0.9.13 > gaim-0.59 MPlayer-0.90pre6 sylpheed-0.8.1claws > gentoo-0.11.31 pcre-3.9 WindowMaker-0.80.1 > > I'm only doing this since a few days and, as you can see, with only > "small" or "mid-size" apps. But It works great. I do that because I > helps me to learn more things than using RPM... > > > -- > # ------------------------------------------------------------------- > # fabsah / mailto:fabrice dot groleau @ chello dot be > # GPG/PGP Public Key Id : 72CF206A available @ belgium.keyserver.net > # ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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