On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM, narendra babu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello folks , > > I am interested to know which is the best way os using the gcc compiler . > > 1) Should i use the gcc provided by the Linux distribution which comes with > their own patches and which is not the latest gcc ( for ex: RHEL 5.x or RHEL > 6) or > 2) Should i download the latest gcc from gnu website , install and start > using it
This will not work. > option 2 has a catch , if i don't use vendor supplied gcc , the warranty > will be void if some thing breaks in production and if support issue is > raised with vendor they will come back and ask which compiler is used . > > But still i want to use the latest GCC compiler from gnu website because of > lot of improvements and bug fixes . > > Please advise , is it best practise to get the latest gnu gcc from gnu > website or to use vendor supplied gcc for real time production . > Obviously you are ignoring the fact that a compiler does not work in isolation but in tandem with the toolchain and other utilities like gdb, ld, gas and so on. Never mess with gcc. Use whatever you have available either using the package system or in base. Linux does not come default with gcc. So you know how good an OS it is. -Girish _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
