Subject: Re: libgal.so.4 ATTENTION WITH RED HAT 7 gcc 2.96 compiler
From: Paul Filiault (pdf1234@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 19:10:43 CST
Is there anyone out there using Abiword on a Windows machine? I do and have no
major problems but would like to contact users that use it more heavily that I.
Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:40:58AM -0500, Bernard_REVET wrote:
> > Dear all
> > If it was only Gnome for which you are going to have trouble would be fine.
> > The worst are the compilers which come with Red Hat 7 even the upgrade
> > versions . Being so in a bleeding edge gcc 2.96 is just not stable and should
> > not be used if you do not want to be with nighmares while compiling .
> > Just replace it with 2.95.2.1
> > For example you can get it from
> > ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gcc/releases/gcc-2.95.2.1/
> >
> > or wait for 3.0....
> >
> > Look at
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html
> >
> > for extra information
>
> Actually if you patch your 2.96 it's a better compiler than 2.95.1.
>
> Practically everything that fails to build with 2.96, fails to build
> because the code wasn't standards conformant, and the older gcc's
> passed nonconformant code. Typically you just have to define one or
> two preprocessor symbols to bring back the heavily populated
> namespaces ("overpopulated", according to the standards), and you're
> ok, but there are other places where standards compliance was improved
> as well.
>
> And of course if you just hate progress, you can always use the "kgcc"
> that comes with redhat 7.
>
> > I mentioned this point to Red Hat but did not get any answer
>
> They're probably tired of hearing it. How do you respond to hoardes
> of people insisting that an improvement isn't an improvement? I'd
> probably consider ignoring it too. Perhaps I should have this time
> (I'll know I should have if this turns into a battle).
>
> BTW, the mesa modes in xscreensaver run MUCH faster on redhat 7 than
> they did on 6.2. I haven't figured out why yet. It could even be
> because of the improvements in the compiler's output, but perhaps it's
> more to do with using XFree86 4.x with an 3d video card.
>
> --
> Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
>
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