On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:47:40 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:37:57AM -0700, Collins wrote: > > > > I suppose it all depends on the meaning of "is," to quote Bill > > Clinton. > > > > Separately compiled components that have no interaction can be > > compiled with either compiler, and neither is aware of the other, > > but early adaptors on gentoo did indeed report disastrous results > > when a mix of components compiled with the two different compilers > > was attempted (I don't have the details). > > It's got to be a highly specific mix. I'm running kernels built with > 2.95.3, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2; a C library built with 3.2; XFree86 built > with 3.2 and 2.95.3; and applications built with all of them. I've > had ZERO problems. >
I'm glad to hear that. I have ZERO experience with mix and match, only with distros that are totally based on one compiler version or the other. > That said, I'm not going to argue with you about this. Your message > said recompile everything with 3.2, which is perniciously false. > No arguments needed. I'm happy to hear this bit, too. > > From everything I read, the major vendors in their rush to get out > > 3.2 based products have done their usual sloppy work (not enough > > testing before release), so I'll let the pioneers fend off the > > arrows (most of the arrows have nothing to do with 3.2). At some > > point the mix will change, and there will be a compelling reason > > to switch to 3.2, and there will be a reliable RH, etc.. distro > > (gentoo is, of course, just as stable with 3.2 as with the older > > compiler), but I don't believe that time has come yet. > > Well, then, the problem is not the compiler, but the vendors who > have"done their usual sloppy work." > We could fill volumes with vendors who have done their usual sloppy work, most especially with binary only products, but there don't seem to be a lot of alternatives to these in the plugin world. With this one exception, I have no objection to a new compiler, but I'm not convinced that I really need it yet. BTW, I was the last in my neighborhood to get a microwave, so just color me "behind the times." -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Redhat 7.3 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
