Re: GCC version change / C++ ABI change
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:27:27PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm quite confident that the release team and/or gcc maintainers will
> >> agree that 'is needed to compile 2.4 kernels' is a big enough reason to
> >> keep some gcc version around if Debian gets to the point to decide which
> >> old gcc versions should be shipped or dropped.
> >
> > We even have GCC 2.7.2 in unstable (gcc272). Does anyone actually use
> > this anymore, or could it be removed for etch?
>
> Not sure about 2.7.2, but 2.95 is definitly usable - at least to compile
> code that has problems with later versions. I hope it will not be removed
> anytime soon.
>
> And 2.95 is ok to build both kernel 2.4 and 2.2
>
Eh, deja vu. We have yet libc5 and its toolchain around just to allow
use and compilation of ancient code. When I asked for revoming due
to an old grave bug, people answered almost the same: it's yet useful.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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