On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 02:37 AM, John Kenneth Fisher wrote: > I understand that Jaguar will have newer devtools, gcc, stuff like > that. yes, it uses gcc3.1 by default > Once we have Jaguar installed, even if our fink-installed apps work > beautifully, will there be any benefit to then rebuilding them under > Jaguar? And if there is, is it anywhere near enough to bother doing > so? Yes, if you want them to work :-)
Well, if it is a c-only app, no, it does not need to be rebuilt. If it uses c++, then it needs to be rebuilt, or else it will not work. gcc3 breaks c++ binary compatibility because it now conforms (almost) to the ISO C++ standard. Version 3.2, afaik, will have full compatibility, and hopefully from then on nothing will break like this again. We have most packages working under Jaguar/gcc3, but not all. If you know c++, we can always use more help :-) PS: is it possible to continue using gcc2 under 10.2, but the problem is that most things built under 10.2 will use gcc3, and gcc2 c++ programs cannot link to gcc3 libraries, and vice versa. Do not worry, we hope to have a 10.2 bindist ready for the release of Jaguar. -chris zubrzycki - -- PGP public key: http://homepage.mac.com/beren/publickey.txt ID: 0xA2ABC070 Fingerprint: 26B0 BA6B A409 FA83 42B3 1688 FBF9 8232 A2AB C070 ======================================================== "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
