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Re: A patch for glibc 2.0/2.1
- To: kettenis@phys.uva.nl (Mark Kettenis)
- Subject: Re: A patch for glibc 2.0/2.1
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:32:42 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com
> >
>
> Can we add this glibc 2.1? That is we check for gcc 2.8 and disallow it
> for glibc 2.1.
>
> Please do not do this. egcs may be superior to gcc 2.8.1, but gcc
> still is a good C compiler. I use gcc 2.8.1 exclusively without
> problems. Moreover it still is the latest official release. We
> should find a solution that works for both egcs and gcc 2.8.1.
>
You can use gcc 2.8.1 for everything else. I just don't want to
support gcc 2.8.1 to compile glibc 2.1. It is quite trivial to
install egcs 1.1.1/Linux along with gcc 2.8.1 and use egcs
1.1.1/Linux to compile glibc 2.1.
H.J.