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Re: gcc
* On Fri Jan 11, 2002 00:17:45 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> Does anyone know what the official version of gcc is? I know that this
> isn't really a clear question, but I remeber a while back that mandrake
> took some flack for including a 3.x gcc compiler, when the standard was
> 2.95. From this I heard rumors that certain things wouldn't compile.
> Because of this, I have been sticking with 2.95, and have avoided the
> 3.x series (I even saw on a kernel site that some network component
> wouldn't compile with gcc 3.1). However, the most recent packages from
> alsa in the woody tree want me to get gcc 3.0. I have put this off out
> of fear of apps not compiling, but I thought that I should ask if I'm
> just being silly, or if I should stick with just 2.95.
gcc 2.95.3 is the latest 2.95 series gcc
gcc 3.0.2 (or is it .3) is the latest in the 3.0 series
I _think_ 3.1 is the development branch.
The Debian gcc 2.95 and 3.0 packages can safely co-exists, and 3.0 will
only be used if you explicitly set $(CC) to gcc-3.0
- Tal
>
> jason
>
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