On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 01:39, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
I'm just not sure what KDE issue have come about by the use of GCC 3.3. I compile tons of KDE programs, themes and other such things with 3.3 and I've never had a problem with any of it..well some of the 0.01 releases of themes from kde-look..but nothing else. I usually don't compile kernels but I do compile other things such as mutt and nmap..having no problems at all. I believe James compiles the ULB packages with 3.3 and I'm using a laptop with ULB on it..no issues. I believe it's the compilee ...not the compiler that would be the problem.
I have compiled some things with gcc 3.3 and they seem to work alright,
other things does not however. There does not seem to be a real pattern
to what decides to fail and what does not.
As for the compilee being at fault rather than the compiler, all I can
say is that I have altered nothing in procedure, but moved from SuSE Pro
8.1 to 8.2 and moved from a Dell Inspiron 5000e to a IBM X31. Draw your
own conclusion. I have been compiling my own kernels from kernel.org
sources since late 1997. I would like to think I roughly know what I am
doing in that respect by now...
And to settle claims about hardware faults, the X31 has run memtest for
18 hours plus not throwing up any errors. I think that should have
spotted problems if there were any.
On a side note, a 2.95.3 compiled 2.4.22-pre9 appears to reduce the
amount of applications spontaneously dying. I will give it two more days
before saying anything for definite though.
Regards,
--
Anders Karlsson