What about regular apps? After reading this thread a bit I decided to download the gcc3.2 src rpm so I can build and install it. After what you say I will certainly not use it to build my kernels but what about other apps?
On Wednesday 28 August 2002 15:23, Todd Lyons wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 10:15:52AM -0700 : > > My understanding from the discussions I've seen on the net is that the > > developers who do gcc listened and did include backwards compat for > > programs previously compiled under gcc 2.2 or greater. So far my > > results on a box running cooker have proven this to be true. > > gcc-2.96 compiled binaries do not in fact have binary compatibility with > gcc-3.2 compiled programs. The biggest example of this at the present > is the fact that some gcc-2.96 compiled binary only proprietary modules > are experiencing problems being loaded in a gcc-3.2 compiled kernel. > This is not just Mandrake experiencing this, this info is from a RedHat > mailing list from their kernel developers. > > Stay tuned, things will get better soon. > > Blue skies... Todd
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