Moreover, I've had real problems getting server side C code to run, let alone
C++ code !! with 2.96. In order to get existing code to work (not even new
code !) for web page rendering I had to go back to Mandrake 2.95. I've been
dreading Mandrake going 'up' to 2.96. I've had a bug report to this effect
lodged with Red Hat for some time now, they currently want to examine the code
!!! well, this is open source ;-)
Owen
On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> During the bombing raid of Sat, 7 Oct 2000 13:26:13 +0200, somebody heard
> Jan Niehusmann mumble in fear:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:34:35PM +0800, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> > > hackgcc is only in contribs. Once upon a time, Chmouel put it in for main
> > > but it was too unstable so we reverted to 2.95.
> >
> > While I prefer 2.95, too, I wonder if this has consequences on binary
> > compatibility. As far as I know, C code is not a problem, but C++ code
> > may be incompatible between different compiler releases.
> >
> > So, a binary released for redhat 7 may not work on mandrake, if it contains
> > C++ code and is linked against shared C++ libraries.
> >
> > Does anyone know if this problem really exists or if 2.95 and 2.96 are
> > compatible in this regard?
>
> The official word from the GCC group is...RedHat messed up by
> using 2.96. There's no binary compatibility with 2.95 *and* there's no
> binary compatibility with the following releases either...so..RH7's stuff
> doesn't work for nobody but RH7 (unless it's pure C or Fortran [I'm not
> sure on this last one...memory is foggy so late at night]) What really
> worries me about any thoughts of mdk going to 2.96 is the *no forward
> compatibility" part...please, let's stick to 2.95 and wait for official
> 3.0 :)
>
> BTW, the info comes from
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-announce/2000/msg00003.html which was linked to
> from /. today/yesterday (friday eve)
>
> Arioshi ba
>
> Vox, who has scratched RH from his it-may-be-used list at work
> and home.
>
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