On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:18:17PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > The FAQ files states that this version should be > built with the latest gcc, which is gcc-3.2. Yes, you > can use gcc-3.2 to compile glibc-2.3, but after glibc-2.3 > has been installed, you can not recompile gcc-3.2 > without applying a special patch. Weird, but that's > the way these new things work.
Weird... maybe gcc-3.3 won't have the need for the patch anymore :) > When RedHat 8.0 came out, I heard trumpet blaring > and everyone was in a mad rush to get it. At least a dozen > posts were made here asking where one can get it, > and get it fast! Glibc-2.3 has been out for several days > but no one seems eager to get it. :( > > For me the kernel, glibc, and gcc constitute the > "heart and soul" of a distribution. A new distribution > comes out and we rejoice. A new "heart and soul" comes > out, to make new distributions even better, and we . . . It might be because of the definitely long time and arduous task to test every package linked to the C library for stability concerns (aside from careful selection of a stable kernel headers set, patching the kernel not to scream with gcc-3.2 - at least for commercial distros, which would entail lots of time to accomplish). Not a task for the uninitiated. I'll expect that the next RHL point release will have the new C library anyway... maybe RH and the other distros would have had concluded their QA on the new C library. If glibc-2.3 was just a few days old... did RH shipped with a CVS snapshot of the C library for RHL 8.0? -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it." _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
