On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > Will gcc 2.96 the final gcc release in Mandrake 7.2 (apart from egcs for > kgcc)? They had better not, 2.96 is NOT an official release and by word of the GCC folks QUITE BROKEN. RedHat is currently the only distrubution who is using the 2.96 snapshot for their 7.0 release. There are a number of problems with this snapshot not limited to broken C++ support and the fact that it make incompatible binaries with any other system. > I finally decided to try gcc-2.96, and it was a disaster. [snip] Again, because 2.96 is BROKEN and not an official GCC release. It is a Red Hat release. Red Hat is the only group who I have even heard about succesfully using this snapshot. > I think there was yet a discussion about this; I am not telling what > version > should ship, I tell 'let the user decide...'. My question would be why include a compiler in a distro release that doesn't work? Letting the user decide between a compiler that compiles and one that doesn't and send the user off on wild tangents trying to track down 'bugs' in the code that MUST be there because the program doesn't compile.... just my .02 cent rant -- Matthew Micene Systems Development Manager Express Search Inc. www.ExpressSearch.com ____________________________ A host is a host from coast to coast, and no one will talk to a host too close Unless the host that isn't close is busy, hung or dead
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