On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:45:31PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 11:01:52PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
>
> > I read on -devel that compiling packages with g++ 3 is problematic
> > since they will not correctly link with C++ libraries built with an
> > older compiler. I figure this will not be a problem for my package
> > because it does not depend on any C++ libraries other than libstdc++,
> > which should be ok. Normal C libraries are no bother, I assume. Is
> > this correct?
>
> If the problem occurs only on certain architectures, you may want to try it
> yourself on as many as possible before switching entirely to g++-3.0.
What is gained by this? Either he uses g++-3.0 for building these himself or
he will still have to deal with all the problems.
If he builds them with g++-3.0 he may just as well Build-Depend: on it and
be done with it. In fact, if he doesn't Build-Depend: on g++-3.0 but does
build manually with it, it might cause major trouble (NMU's, or just someone
trying to build himself from sources without knowing he needs 3.0)
> On some
> Debian architectures, 3.0 is already the default compiler (see the source for
> gcc-defaults, I think). If those are the same architectures where your package
> has problems, then there is no problem for Debian.
I think if those were the architectures, he wouldn't know of any problems...
> As long as it doesn't link against any other C++ libraries, it should work,
> yes. Whether or not this is a good idea, I'm not sure. There are issues with
> g++-3.0 other than ABI compatibility (such as debugging). It seems to be
> available on all platforms, though, so it might be worth a try if it turns out
> to be necessary. It might be wise to restrict the change to the problematic
> architectures, though.
If the package builds fine with g++-3.0, and must be built with it even on
some arches, I don't see why one would want to restrict this usage. It will
become the default compiler eventually anyway.
Regards,
Filip
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