GCC 4.xx FC4 rc3 x86_64

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Thu May 19 07:36:55 UTC 2005


On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:38:55AM +0300, James Black wrote:
 > I found out that many packages can't compile with gcc v4. Since Fedora 4 
 > will be released soon it might be a good idea for compatibility reasons 
 > to also include the gcc v3. It also would be nice if Fedora includes a 
 > scrift to switch temporally from gcc v4 to gcc v3 something like 
 > gcc_choose or something... I know for compatibility reasons you have 
 > include the gcc32 but it's a 32 bit not a 64 bit compiler.
 > The issue affect multimedia software like Xvid, Mplayer etc.
 > I would apreciate your answer

Getting those packages building is well worth the invested effort.
Especially considering advantages like being able to build
with FORTIFY_SOURCE to spot potential security holes.

(Hmm, are -extras being built with this flag I wonder?)

		Dave




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