"Mike Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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://www.bero.org/gcc296.html does a good job of it, so we decided not to fuel more flamewars. FWIW, reproducible testcases are good... all complex software products have bugs (MySQL, gcc 2.95.x, gcc 2.96RH, gcc 3.0.x, egcs), often in interaction with oneanother (e.g. timing/locking issues), so reproducible testcases are a necessity. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
