Re: RFD : libg++/gcc/egcs upgrades needed for libc6 (READ ME)
Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 03:28:43PM -0700, Galen Hazelwood wrote:
> > Sure, we should. But we have to prioritize. One of these
> > packages has to be more equal than the others. And since that one
> > will be the compiler all the users will see, as well as being the
> > compiler which all packages will be built with, the choice is
> > pretty damn important.
> We will come to a point, where gcc 2.7.2 will not be able to compile all
> packages (C++ comes to mind. Only recently gcc 2.7 was able to compile
> libgtkmm, because of substantial changes in libgtkmm. Others may follow).
There is a bug in 2.7.2 that prevents recent XEmacs betas from
working. (They compile and link, but get a failed assertion.)
egcs works fine with this code, and I'm told gcc 2.8 does too.
Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu
--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org .
Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .
Reply to: