Re: GCC 3.2 transition

[Jack Howarth <howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>]

Steve,
    There shouldn't be huge issues in the gcc 2.95.4 to gcc 3.2 transition.
Currently the only two major ones I know if are...

1) Rebuilding glibc with gcc 3.2 *may* require an arch to add a libgcc-compat
   section to provide libgcc symbols, now .hidden in gcc 3.2's libgcc_s.so,
   with local copies that are resolvable at runtime. Currently ia64 and ppc
   has such code available. This is to prevent breaking old binaries when
   a gcc 3.2 built glibc is installed.
2) Using something like a gcc 2.95.4 built jdk javaplugin (written in c++)
   with a gcc 3.2 built mozilla won't currently work although workarounds
   are said to exist. Since Blackdown JDK 1.4 development is underway
   a gcc 3.2 build JDK won't be far off.

                                      Jack