RaoulV wrote: > 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
Another advantage of getting the author of this ratpoints (whatever that is) to build on gcc 3.4 is that Solaris comes with gcc 3.4.3. It would make life a LOT easier for Solaris users if they did not need to install gcc first. Dave > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
