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

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Chris J/#6 wrote:

> Hmm...Torvalds slated Redhat 7 recently saying that its unusable as a
> development platform due to its rather f**cked up compiler and broken
> libs (so the compiler works). So if you're planning to write code, don't
> use it, or downgrade the compiler, and fix the libs :)

That's why kgcc is 2.95.2?!?!?!
RH7 works. ANd the next person to slate it without using it is going to
get toasted.

> It goes into quite a long thread afterwards, and Alan Cox does defend RH,
> to a point, but he does a lot of stuff for RH anyway (so draw your own
> conclusions). But he goes on to say that if you are planning on writing
> code and releasing binaries, use Redhat 6.2. The general consensus seems
> to be that RH did a silly thing having a dist with an development/snapshot
> compiler.

Yes. You don't compile debs with Woody do you?


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