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Re: State of gcc 2.95 use in Debian unstable



On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Thiemo Seufer wrote:

> while preparing an upload of gcc-2.95 which fixes its worst problems
> I wondered how many users of it are actually left. 9 packages in
> unstable still declare a build dependency on gcc-2.95 or g++-2.95,
> this makes it IMHO a plausible release goal to get rid of 2.95
> maintenance for etch.

I guess it is not a good idea as long as Linus still has the line
" - Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available" in his README in the
kernel source tree.
 
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-- 
Christian Fromme

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