Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Compilers
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 11:55:27 EET
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 11:36:50 -0500, David Gerard Matthews wrote:
> I've been using gcc-3.2 on RH 8 and it seems to do a good job. However,
> I would not
> recommend upgrading just the compiler, especially if you're running RH
> 7.3. The reason
> is that you won't be able to link against any C++ libraries compiled
> with the old compiler.
> (Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.) So basically
> you're looking at
The gcc3 that RedHat provide for the 7 series, will live alongside the old
gcc2 libraries and headers, you have to tell the shell/makefile that you
want to use gcc3 to compile with it.
YMMV, but it should be OK.
- Steve
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