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 > yes you can do that , can also have multiple instances running . > 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 . > you go to the GCC community , also you can think of hiring someone and pay. > But still i want to use the latest GCC compiler from gnu website because > of lot of improvements and bug fixes . > yes go ahead and test in your Dev environment first. 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 . > without knowing what you are trying to do or support , is the code out there somewhere to test ? without it cannot predict. -Satya _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
