Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:21:03 -0800 (PST) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <> | Subject | Re: is gcc 2.8 safe to use yet ? |
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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- !
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