[NTLUG:Discuss] is mdk 8.0 fixable???

[Steve Baker]

"./aal" wrote:
> 
> I have been using mdk8.0 since it was released as an iso
> I know of others in my area that have great dificulty with their 8.0
> can the gcc be up/downgraded to an acceptible version???

Well, the whole point of GCC 2.96/2.97 being such a bad choice
is that it's incompatible both up and down with 2.95.xx (which
the other non-RedHat distro's are using) and 3.00 (which I believe
was just released a day or so ago).

Hence you need not just a new compiler but all new standard libraries
too.  Since you probably don't want to have to recompile every line
of code in the machine, you'd need to keep both the old libs and the
new ones in parallel.

It should be do-able - but it's not going to be a simple process
I suspect.

> this is not a good thing:)

No - it certainly isn't.

> I now spend my time waiting for something to f*&% up
> knowing that it will (due to the incompatibilities)
> this is a sitiation I am completely unfamiliar with on a linux box

Yes.  Hopefully GCC 3.0 will bring back peace and harmony when the
next releases of each of the distro's appear.

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