Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 May 2004 11:37:13 +0100 | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Recommended compiler version |
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Quote from Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>: > I agree 2.6 should continue to support and compile correctly under gcc-2.95.3, > even if that means working around compiler bugs. By the time linux-2.7 > rolls around, I suspect nobody will mind if we drop 2.95.3 in favor > of 3.4.x.
Especially as newer versions of glibc won't compile with 2.95.3 anymore - so if you're building a system completely from source, a 3.x.x version of GCC is more or less a necessity anyway.
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