Re: gcc 3.2 & kernels compiled with 2.95
On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:40:03AM -0600, John Schmidt wrote:
> No personal experience here, but I read on the linux kernel mailing
> list that if you need to compile both the "main" kernel and any modules
> with the same compiler.
>
> The c++ ABI has changed from 2.95 to 3.x series, which means any c++
> application that you compile with a 3.x compiler will not be able to
> work with a c++ library that is compiled with 2.95 (and visa versa). I
> believe there may have been an ABI change from 3.0.4 and 3.2. I am
> pretty sure that any c or fortran code should be okay with respect to
> using code from either compiler version with the exception of the
> kernel and modules as stated above.
>
> If any of this is wrong please correct me.
Looks right to me. The complexity as far as Debian's transition is
concerned primarily comes from the fact that, since the change breaks
compatibility for C++ libraries, a lot of packages will have to be
renamed.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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