Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] seriously screwed up Gtk installation ?FOLLOW-UP
From: Kevin Conder (kconder_AT_interaccess.com)
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 22:22:15 EEST
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Dave Phillips wrote:
> rm wrote:
> > but to be fair, i don't think redhat figured in to the issues you were
> > having one way or another. :D
>
> Well, yes and no. My troubles began when RH's 2.96 compiler gave me fits
> over compiling MusE (briefly: it was impossible) so I downgraded to an
> official GCC 2.95.3. Things started going south not long afterwards: I
> still haven't got amSynth to run and I can't recompile either Glib or
> Gtk.
Does the fault really lie with RedHat? Or does it lie with Linux
audio application projects that don't supply RedHat packages? Why don't
programmers at least test their applications on different distros?
> I'm wondering whether the path of least resistance is to
> simply reinstall RH 7.2 on this machine and plan on a Debian install to
> a new disk.
Warning, I switched from Debian 2.2 stable to RedHat 7.2 about a
year ago. I got tired of my applications being up to three years out of
date! Compiling Linux audio applications with those aging libraries was
even more of a nightmare than with RedHat. Good luck.
-- Kevin Conder, kevin_AT_kevindumpscore.com
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