Re: gcc best practices | problems
On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 01:20 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 02:22:15AM -0400, -.JavaManiac.- wrote:
> If the package doesn't compile with gcc-4.0 because your code needs to be
> updated, you should fix your code. You should only depend on older
> compiler versions in the case of a bug in the current version (or in
> exceptional cases, such as a kernel or libc needing a particular compiler
> version because the package abuses the compiler).
There is one more very ugly case:
compiler ABI changes (I believe that doesn't apply here since
gcc 4.x uses same C ABI as gcc 3.4, not sure about C++ though)
On my Ubuntu Hoary system a number of packages depend on
libstdc++.so.5, but my installed g++ uses libstdc++.so.6,
and they conflict [but the linker doesn't stop you making
a program that segfaults .. ugghh ..]
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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
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