I'd be a bit hesitant to upgrade to gcc-3.x, as i've heard it still has
some issues compiling certain types of binaries. Do you know if a
slightly higher or slightly lower 2.9x version has athlon support?
--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> It seems, at least from a response on the kde-linux list I'm on, that
> gcc 2.95,
> which eW31 has, does not contain optimization code for athlon. This is
> claimed
> to be the cause of my system architecture being i686 despite checking
> Athlon in
> the kernel make xconfig (a post on the Caldera list that I didn't
> cross-post
> here). So the task at hand now is to upgrade gcc to a version that
> supports
> athlon optimizations.
> It appears that the SxS doesn't have anything listed for updating gcc.
> So
> before I download the latest 3.01 gcc, I'm looking for caveats from
> the bright
> folks on this list. Should I use 3.01, or another version (or just use
> the one
> i have and live with i686 optimizations)? What, other than gcc, should
> get
> updated in the process? Should I update glibc, too?
> As always, your assistance is greatly appreciated,
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