On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:47:15 +0100 Mads Martin Joergensen <mmj@suse.de> wrote:
On Dec 10, 2002, Rohit wrote:
I have been unable to finally decide amongst two things. What I know for sure is that -
1. With SL 8.1, the package Java does not work. [I have heard it said that there is a problem with the way Java was written - that it can not take what gcc-3.2 demands of it.]
True that Sun will not compile Java with gcc-3.2. Not yet at least. But it works fine. It's only Java together with Mozilla that does not work since Java is compiled with gcc-2.95 and Mozilla compiled by SuSE that is gcc-3.2.
2. On the other hand I have also heard that gcc-3.2 compiled binaries have trouble linking with gcc-2.95.2 made libraries?
Yes, there is a binary incompatibility.
Which one[s] of these are true? Should I or should I not compile my code with gcc-3.2, since existing binaries are with gcc-2.95.2 all over the place? Is the Java issue related to this mismatch in any way?
What do you want to compile?
It took me a while to work out but Gambas (Great RAD type prog) is compiled with 2.95 and wont run with 3.2. I don't have a clue how to get it to work with 2.95 though. steve.