[kwzh@gnu.org (Karl Heuer)] glibc-2.1

[Zack Weinberg]

On 11 Feb 1999 12:32:23 -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

>From: kwzh@gnu.org (Karl Heuer)
>To: drepper@gnu.org
>Subject: glibc-2.1
>Content-Type: text
>
>>The glibc-2.1 distribution recommends compiling with egcs
>>rather than gcc; rms says that this violates our policy,
>>and hence I've removed it from ftp.gnu.org for now.
>
>Isn't that nice?

- Has anyone tried to explain the compatibility issues to rms?

- Mark had an analysis of the problem that sounded like we could
arrange for proper compatibility while allowing for use of gcc 2.8,
with some stub functions.

zw