For me, I will prefer if the second option is implemented: fix ratpoints so that it builds with GCC 3.4
I have a network with >50 machines installed with Centos 4 and I can not upgrade them to Centos 5 because some of the tools(commercials) that we are using does not still work/support it and the Compiler/ toolchain supported by Centos 4 is GCC 3.4 and not GCC 4.1 (supported by Centos 5). I am afraid if I install GCC 4.1 on Centos 4 that I break my system . Raoul On Jul 19, 8:52 pm, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/7/16 Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]>: > > > > > William Stein wrote: > > >> Install GCC >=4.1.x. > > >> -- William > > > Is that a requirement? Someone said yesterday 3.4 was ok. > > 3.4 used to be OK. The new ratpoints packages that Robert Miller introduced in > Sage-4.x does not build with gcc-3.x, so as of right now, GCC >= 4.x > is a requirement. > The right fix is to either change our prereq script, or fix ratpoints > so that it builds > with gcc-3.x again. If possible, the second option would be much better. > > > Somebody tried yesterday to build on OpenSolaris with gcc 3.4.3 > > (compiler in /usr/sfw/bin) and it failed due to what I believe is an > > MPIR failure to detect the Sun linker. (The configure script thinks its > > the GNU liner). > > > But if Sage needs >= 4.1, it should bomb out at an early stage if that > > requirement is not met. > > > dave > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
