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DateWed, 18 Mar 1998 21:21:03 -0800 (PST)
From"Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <>
SubjectRe: is gcc 2.8 safe to use yet ?
	Hello All, 

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Daniel Egger wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Gerhard Mack wrote:> > >I haven't seen any complaints about it in the last few days, does that
> >mean it's safe to upgrade?> >  Never ever use GCC 2.8.0. It's more buggy than I can describe in a few
>  words... Try 2.8.1 instead...

	Tried 2.8.1 with setup like the below Kernel compiles
	but XFree86 hangs funny doing a openwin,  clock core
	dumps but -exactly- same configuration with 2.7.2.3
	& all is well .

	I'd say that 2.8.1 is not ready for prime time -yet- !

 				Hth, JimL
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-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Slackware v. 3.2.0
Linux filesrv1 2.0.33 #1 Tue Mar 17 14:41:19 PST 1998 i586
Kernel modules         2.1.23
Gnu C                  2.7.2.3
Binutils               2.8.1.0.23
Linux C Library        5.4.23
Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.8.10
Linux C++ Library      27.2.1
Procps                 1.12
Mount                  2.6d
Net-tools              1.43
Kbd                    0.89
Sh-utils               1.12
Flex                   2.5.4

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