compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically a) will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my 2.4.4 kernel previously compiled with 2.95.2? b) Will I

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically a) will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Monday 21 July 2003 08:02 am, Net Llama! wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically I just wrote a

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Monday 21 July 2003 08:07 am, Bruce Marshall wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically a)

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Net Llama!
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 08:02 am, Net Llama! wrote: a) will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my 2.4.4 kernel previously compiled with 2.95.2? Looks like Redhat has built a 2.4.21 kernel with gcc-3.3. Now I don't know what you

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Jerry McBride
My reply is mixed within your original text... On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically a) will 3.3

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Monday 21 July 2003 08:33 am, Net Llama! wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 08:02 am, Net Llama! wrote: snip I've not run into any gcc specific problems since upgrading. Now going to glibc-2.3.x is another story altogether (mucho headaches).

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Net Llama!
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: I think someone suggested buying a distro with glibc-2.3.x already built-in rather than trying to install it. yea, but i'm a glutton for punishment. -- ~~ Lonni J Friedman

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Monday 21 July 2003 12:13 pm, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 08:32 am, Jerry McBride wrote: My reply is mixed within your original text... On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been running gcc

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Jerry McBride
I've compiled 2.4.20 with 3.2.3 and no errors. On Monday 21 July 2003 12:13 pm, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 08:32 am, Jerry McBride wrote: My reply is mixed within your original text... On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote: I see that more and more stuff

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Tony Alfrey
On Monday 21 July 2003 09:20 am, Bruce Marshall wrote: On Monday 21 July 2003 12:13 pm, Tony Alfrey wrote: snip Any remarks from anyone about Bruce's comment on kernels lower than 2.4.21 not compiling with 3.3?? I'm running SuSE 8.2 which has gcc-3.3 installed. It is supplied with a

Re: compiler question

2003-07-21 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Jerry McBride: I tried that under gentoo and I failed. Therefore I just stuck with the gcc I compiled. Now some of my personal observations in regards to gcc 3.3. That version is still considered the cutting edge of development. I've had some problems getting certain programs to