crosstool-0.40 released: gcc-4.1 rc1 support

[Dan Kegel]

On 2/21/06, Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > In many cases the client will choose to stick with older toolchains
> > and libraries because they are a known quantity.
>
> I think this is a fairy tale. We have long worked with gcc-3.3.3 and
> glibc 2.3.2, built with crosstool-0.32, thinking that it is rock solid.
> Newer userlands turned out there have been serious bugs which lead to
> internal compiler errors and endless loops with some code.

There's another reason to support old glibc: if you have no control
over the target, and it bloody well uses an old glibc ;-)

- Dan

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