Re: [Sheflug] GCC 2.96..bugfix/errata :-)

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

> I see RedHat have released an errata to "gcc 2.96" that was shipped with
RH7.
> I counted about 60 bugs. I they shipped the snapshot why?
>
> I dunno. Why did they not stick to GCC 2.95.x and *wait* for GCC 3.0 to be
> released (and preferably longer for it to be bugfixed!)
>
> RedHat shipped GCc 2.95.x with RH7 anyway as kgcc...

RH shipped a lot of crappy packages in 7. I can give you a big long list if
you like.. they even broke things like php. I personally strongly disagree
with their decision to ship a 2.96, but I guess it's one of those things
people will never agree on...

Cheers,

Alex.

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