simon h skrev:
I wonder why Debian needs three versions of the GCC compiler: 4.1, 4.2,
and 4.3? Shouldn't one be enough? Is it because the compiler has no
down-compatibility?
I think that is the reason, yes. I also think that lack of manpower is
the reason there are not even more (older) versions of gcc in debian.
At <http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/changes.html>, you can see that there are
changes between versions that can break certain programs. I was recently
asked for advice by someone that needs a 3.x version of gcc.
(For completeness: I will suggest debootstrap/schroot for running gcc3.X
without affecting his current installation.)
/ johan
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