Re: gcc version issue trying to install vmware5
Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda <lepalom@wol.es> writes:
> A Dimarts 14 Juny 2005 11:20, Goswin von Brederlow va escriure:
> [....]
>
>> The default compiler is gcc-3.3 and everything in debian uses that. ....
>
> Sure?
> I think that the kernel doesn't and the nvidia modules _need_ the 3.4 version.
The gernel doesn't use gcc. It uses gcc-3.4 because that is the only
one that can build 64bit kernels on i386.
Any kernel modules you build also have to use gcc-3.4 and not gcc.
But that doesn't mean gcc-3.4 should be THE gcc.
> It's a bit confuss to have in this platform two versions of the compiler and
> choose the best for each circumstance. Maybe, if the 3.3 and the 3.4 versions
> have problems in _our_ platform, we should think again to make some effort in
> the a 4.x version of the dist to have only one compiler for _ALL_ the distro.
Debian already defines one gcc version to be used for a release, that
is what gcc links to. Gcc-3.4 is only used in special circumstances
where it is needed and where it doesn't affect the rest of the system.
The choice was to use gcc-3.4 or to not have a kernel-image-2.6-amd64
in debian sarge. Same for mozilla and derivates. I think everyone
agrees that using gcc-3.4 was the better alternative.
For etch the plan is to switch to gcc-3.4 (or later) completly. All
c++ libraries need to be recompiled for that.
> And I'm writing this with good sense, the last think I want is a flame. I
> would like to make just a reflexion. Maybe, I'm wrong.
MfG
Goswin
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