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Re: gcc3.0 i386 developer machine?



On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 09:05:28PM +0200, Stefan Alfredsson wrote:

> However, I believe they have more to do with the compiler (gcc 3.0) than
> the platform. To verify this, I'd like to try compiling on a i386
> machine with gcc 3.0. I have checked http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi
> but all i386 machines are running potato or slink.
> 
> I could of course upgrade my own machine, but I fear the library
> incompatibities on produced packages and would rather stick to the old
> compiler for the time being.

You can safely install gcc-3.0/g++-3.0. gcc 2.95 still remains the
default compiler. But you can change your Makefiles to use the new
gcc to check things.

 - Sebastian



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