Thanks Conrad! That was exacly my concenrs about gcc. I whant to use the server packages from OpenPKG that I will compile with OpenPKG version of gcc-3.3, but my glibc an kernel are still from RedHat 7.3 compiled with a gcc-2.9.x.
C�pia Conrad Steenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Alex, Michael > > I think Alex's question is more about having a kernel compiled with a > different gcc than the applications that are running on the system. If > I > understand correctly all the server applications will be from OpenPKG, > and compiled with the OpenPKG gcc. > > If that's the case, the answer is that it shouldn't matter. > > However, Michael is right in another sense because the server > applications do interact with the gcc-2.9x compiled C library. > > As a data point, I've been running 10+ servers with redhat-7.3 and > OpenPKG 1.3 server applications (mainly apache) without problems for > about 6 months with no problems. Except for those caused by my own > stupidity of course ;-) > > Hope this helps... > > Conrad > > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 02:01, Michael Schloh von Bennewitz wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > What I whant to ask is if I should worry about compiling all my > server stuff > > > (apache, ldap, named, ...) with the new gcc-3.3 from OpenPKG as my > kernel is > > > still compiled with gcc-2.9x ? > > > > > If your question is, > > > > 'I want to build the apache, ldap, bind, and other OpenPKG > packages > > using the OpenPKG gcc package' > > > > Then the answer is 'Good'. But if your question is, > > > > 'I want to build external (not OpenPKG) software with the OpenPKG > gcc' > > > > Then you're on your own. In almost all cases it's fine, but there is > > software (like the IRRToolSet and many others) which don't build > easily > > with OpenPKG GCC. In the case of IRRToolSet, it has nonstandard > constructs > > that only nonstandard (older 2.9X) GCC compilers can parse. > > > > Of course the ultimate answer is to try it out yourself. If there's > > something that you've been compiling with the Red Hat native GCC, then > try > > building a test copy of the software with the OpenPKG GCC now. > > > > $ CC=/cw/bin/gcc \ > > CXX=/cw/bin/g++ \ > > ./configure --prefix=/tmp/test --myoptions=... > > $ CC=/cw/bin/gcc \ > > CXX=/cw/bin/g++ \ > > make > -- > Conrad Steenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org > User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
