Thanks Conrad!

That was exacly my concenrs about gcc. I whant to use the server packages from
OpenPKG that I will compile with OpenPKG version of gcc-3.3, but my glibc an
kernel are still from RedHat 7.3 compiled with a gcc-2.9.x.


C�pia Conrad Steenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi Alex, Michael
> 
> I think Alex's question is more about having a kernel compiled with a
> different gcc than the applications that are running on the system. If
> I
> understand correctly all the server applications will be from OpenPKG,
> and compiled with the OpenPKG gcc.
> 
> If that's the case, the answer is that it shouldn't matter.
> 
> However, Michael is right in another sense because the server
> applications do interact with the gcc-2.9x compiled C library.
> 
> As a data point, I've been running 10+ servers with redhat-7.3 and
> OpenPKG 1.3 server applications (mainly apache) without problems for
> about 6 months with no problems. Except for those caused by my own
> stupidity of course ;-)
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> Conrad
> 
> On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 02:01, Michael Schloh von Bennewitz wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > What I whant to ask is if I should worry about compiling all my
> server stuff
> > > (apache, ldap, named, ...) with the new gcc-3.3 from OpenPKG as my
> kernel is
> > > still compiled with gcc-2.9x ?
> > >
> > If your question is,
> > 
> >   'I want to build the apache, ldap, bind, and other OpenPKG
> packages
> >    using the OpenPKG gcc package'
> > 
> > Then the answer is 'Good'. But if your question is,
> > 
> >   'I want to build external (not OpenPKG) software with the OpenPKG
> gcc'
> > 
> > Then you're on your own. In almost all cases it's fine, but there is
> > software (like the IRRToolSet and many others) which don't build
> easily
> > with OpenPKG GCC. In the case of IRRToolSet, it has nonstandard
> constructs
> > that only nonstandard (older 2.9X) GCC compilers can parse.
> > 
> > Of course the ultimate answer is to try it out yourself. If there's
> > something that you've been compiling with the Red Hat native GCC, then
> try
> > building a test copy of the software with the OpenPKG GCC now.
> > 
> >   $ CC=/cw/bin/gcc \
> >     CXX=/cw/bin/g++ \
> >     ./configure --prefix=/tmp/test --myoptions=...
> >   $ CC=/cw/bin/gcc \
> >     CXX=/cw/bin/g++ \
> >     make
> -- 
> Conrad Steenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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