Thanks for your note. You wrote:
> > There are known problems with gcc-2.96 which comes with RH 7.2 > distribution. There is disclaimer about it at > www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23.html as you noticed. There is much reading on the GCC 2.96 issue. There seems to be two paths of dicussion. I mention them here with all due respect. The first path is the one I subscribed too when I first got bit on the hindside by this. Basically, the gcc people forked 2.95.2 and it became 2.96. Only, it really wasn't 2.96. The version number 2.96 wasn't actually a version number, rather, the _codename_ for the development branch. I found this whole statement ludicrous. At this point, I figured it was a huge GCC problem that RedHat got sucked into. That sorry excuse for an official statement can be found here: http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html There is no official RedHat position that I can find. I did find this though: http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html > Similar problems occur with different applications, but it seems > that updated gcc-2.96 available from update.redhat.com are more > stable. > Unfortunaely these problems are very hard to diagnose :( > They are not easily repeatable. I am able to reproduce this problem very easily, including on Redhat-7.2. Basically, any app using the libmysqlclient.so compiled with gcc-2.96 connecting to a server compiled with gcc-2.96 will experience problems. This is particularly the case with PHP4. > Recently RedHat released 7.3 which comes with gcc-2.96-110 Note > that 110! It is just couple of days around so nothing can be > said about it yet, but let's hope RedHat team fixed these > problems. > > Can I ask you to provide more info about your setup? Especially > if problem persists. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is better place for such issues. Well here's the thing. I'm not really qualified to submit that this is a mysql bug, or a gcc bug, or a redhat problem. I am qualified however to recognize that mysql is saying "not our problem, can't reproduce it, use the binaries", gcc saying "not our fault, wasn't meant to be used" and hiding behind the cloak of some weird codenaming convention, and RedHat saying unofficially, "gcc-2.96 is fine, stuff it's compiling is broken". Surely there has to be a better explanation, given the vast array of knowledge and experience at work on MySQL, GCC, and RedHat. Best Regards Mike Robinson --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
