IA-64: g77-3.0 vs. -2.96
I sent this to the debian-ia64 list recently and received no
input. Given the apparent lack of concern about making such a
change, I'd like to inquire on this list whether such a change
would be technically and politically feasible pre-woody.
Matthias, I understand that your input is particularly crucial in
this matter. Any thoughts?
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From: "John R. Daily" <jdaily@progeny.com>
To: debian-ia64@lists.debian.org
Subject: g77-3.0 vs. -2.96
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:42:48 -0500
Sender: jdaily@progeny.com
During the porting process, I have come across at least two
packages, one of them significant, that caused internal compiler
errors with g77-2.96. One was lapack-dev, the other is r-base,
which I'm still working on. Both compile fine with g77-3.0.
Since the motivation for using 2.96 instead of 3.0 pertains more
to C and C++, and since bug fixes for 2.96 are going to be
difficult to come by, what would people think about changing the
default to 3.0 for g77 on ia64?
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