On 25 Sep 2002 22:32:32 -0400 Andy Dustman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 09:25, José Fonseca wrote: > > > I've updated my workstation to the RedHat Linux 7.3.94 beta, which has > > gcc 3.2. So now forward the snapshots will be built with this version. > > AFAIK this shouldn't pose any problem to the users since the key issue > > is that the kernel modules are compiled with the same version of gcc > > that compiled the kernel, and that still holds true. > > If the kernel modules were the only issue, you'd be right. Unfortunately > the other important component of the snapshots is the DRI shared > library. Since (for those who haven't heard) GCC 3.2 breaks binary > compatibility with earlier versions, the shared libraries don't work. My Binary compatibility affects only C++. However, I saw problems compiling DRI with gcc-3.0.4. In my case it wasn't the X server that died but the GL client. The card is a Radeon 7500 QW. I tried this a few weeks ago. > X server dies on signal 11 almost immediately (during drm > initialization). So these snapshots will only work if your X server is > compiled with GCC 3.2. Also I've noticed that the shared library is now > twice the size (or more) than it used to be (went from about 5 MB to 12 > MB). > > Since very few people seem to have GCC 3.2 at the moment (I do have a > Gentoo 1.4-pre1 box that does, but haven't tried DRI snaps on it yet), > can we please have some built with the old gcc? Most likely Red Hat > provides this in a gcc-compat package. I'm trying now to build some > myself from CVS, but didn't have much luck last night (result didn't > run). > > -- > Andy Dustman PGP: 0x930B8AB6 > @ .net http://dustman.net/andy > "Cogito, ergo sum." -- Rene Descartes > "I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam." -- Popeye Regards, Felix __\|/__ ___ ___ ___ __Tschüß_______\_6 6_/___/__ \___/__ \___/___\___You can do anything,___ _____Felix_______\Ä/\ \_____\ \_____\ \______U___just not everything____ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >o<__/ \___/ \___/ at the same time! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
