On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 08:35, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > Which system is still using 2.96? That was a troublesome version of > the compiler (I recall MPlayer being miscompiled by gcc 2.96).
Not to rekindle an old flamewar, but just to put things in perspective... The gcc-2.96 compiler was included in the Red Hat 7.x releases, the last one (7.3) being released in March 2002. The initial subversions of the gcc-2.96 indeed had issues with some applications. However, those problems got fixed; a RH7.3 system having installed gcc-2.96-113 should compile everything with no more problems than any other old-ish gcc release. The "broken gcc-2.96" rumour is a myth with a tiny kernel of truth. The tiny truth kernel is due to the initial versions being unable to compile properly a very limited number of apps, while still being able to compile just fine the vast majority of open source software - after all, it was the compiler used by RH to build their entire distribution. The large myth part is, for the most, due to mplayer blindly claiming "broken compiler" even when using a fixed gcc. In fact, on RH7.3, i used the updated gcc-2.96 to compile mplayer with no problems whatsoever. The mplayer gang are clever people, but they often get too religious. So, anyone still running RH7.x should have a fixed gcc by now. In any case, those should be rare instances, as the vast majority of RH users have migrated at least to RH9 by now, so they should be using at least gcc-3.2. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
