an FAQ update
Bruno Haible
haible@ilog.fr
Thu Jan 11 13:40:00 GMT 2001
Now that gcc 2.95.2.1 is released, the FAQ should recommend it instead
of gcc 2.95.2 + unofficial patch.
Bruno
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glibc 2.x?
{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 or later.
! But you should get at least gcc 2.95.2 (or later versions) instead.
?? The `gencat' utility cannot process the catalog sources which
were used on my Linux libc5 based system. Why?
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glibc 2.x?
{AJ} There's only correct support for glibc 2.0.x in gcc 2.7.2.3 or later.
! But you should get at least gcc 2.95.2.1 (or later versions) instead.
?? The `gencat' utility cannot process the catalog sources which
were used on my Linux libc5 based system. Why?
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?? When recompiling GCC, I get compilation errors in libio.
! {BH} You are trying to recompile gcc 2.95.2? After upgrading to glibc 2.2,
! you need to apply a patch to the gcc sources, because the fpos_t type and
! a few libio internals have changed in glibc 2.2. T he patch is at
! http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/gcc-glibc-2.2-compat.diff
? Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them
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?? When recompiling GCC, I get compilation errors in libio.
! {BH} You are trying to recompile gcc 2.95.2? Use gcc 2.95.2.1 instead.
! This version is needed because the fpos_t type and a few libio internals
! have changed in glibc 2.2, and gcc 2.95.2.1 contains a corresponding patch.
? Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them
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