* Paul W. Abrahams (abrahams@valinet.com) [20000215 18:46]:
Do you happen to know if gcc and/or gccfront are necessary in order to build the latest Emacs release from Gnu sources?
I don't know, as I won't ever use emacs, so I've as yet had no reason to compile it.
It would be very useful if the next SuSE manual explained the distinctions among the various gcc-related compilers and libraries.
I'm afraid that's out of the reach for the manual. But it will get easier with 6.4. People who compile the code themselves are expected to know enough to deal with the problems that may arise.
Questions about what compilers and libraries to use come up all the time and are one of the most troublesome aspects of installing Linux software.
Most people don't need the compiler and associated tools, as they use the
binary packages. One of the reasons is, that they don't get free support
from us for self compiled programs or kernels (simply because the list of
possible configurations is nearly indefinite).
As I stated above, those that compile programs themself are expected to know
enough to handle possible problems and/or failures.
Philipp
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Philipp Thomas