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

From: Jos (jos_at_nothanku.invalid)
Date: 06/21/05 

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:33:38 +0200

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:19:42 -0700, seawolf wrote:

> 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

Have a look at this:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc4.shtml#gcc3

Quote:
Some applications will NOT compile in GCC 4.0. You can install GCC 3.2
to allow compiling applications which do not yet support GCC 4.0

That may solve your problems.

Ta

Jos

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