Re: FC4 problems, apps and modules don't compile

seawolf_at_scssi.org
Date: 06/21/05 

Date: 21 Jun 2005 07:19:42 -0700

Hello, all

I don't have a whole lot of new info, but i'd like to add:

FC4 release notes ( http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/ )
suggest some radical system changes, such as complete phaseout of the
LinuxThreads library, and changes in the included new gcc 4.0 compiler.
  I do not know c, but the few gcc-related specifics in the release
notes appear to be related to my compilation troubles (namely, i
remember compile Errors with references to "lvalues")

My request to the gurus out there:

Could anyone please elaborate on or "interpret" the FC4 release notes?
What do the radical changes in the gcc, the removal linuxthreads, and
other system changes imply about building binaries from ("old"?) code
(what happened to "backwards-compatible"?)

Would troubles such as I described in the previous post be eliminated
by downgrading the gcc on my FC4 (down to, say, gcc-3.4.4)? Intuition
suggests that this may not a viable solution, assuming one would soon
need to deal with newer, gcc-4.0-compliant code...

TIA

andrew