On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I've tried avifile, but have only an older version which crashes
> > > out-of-the-box. The newer versions fail to compile on the picky
> > > RH7 compiler, though it's been some time since I tried last.
> >
> > Under Redhat 7.0, you need to set the CC variable in the makefile to
> > kgcc instead of gcc ... why RedHat insisted on bundling a bungled gcc
> > is beyond me, but at least they also included a working on (kgcc).
>
> Its far from a bungled gcc. On the whole it has less bugs than 2.95 or
> egcs-1.1.2. It just enforces standards a bit more.
Point conceeded. However, I still hold that defaulting to a compiler
that fails to compile a fairly significant amount of existing code may
not have been the best move on RedHat's part. I mean, I couldn't get a
vanilla 2.4.0 kernel to compile with gcc-2.96 (20000731)... why would
one include a compiler that can't compile the kernel for the OS it is
to run on (unless you are MS)? But, I digress.
I think the original intent of this thread had something to do with
avifile... ;-)
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