compiler question

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 21 July 2003 10:56 am, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been
> running gcc 2.95.2.  So can someone tell me what potential problems I
> might have if I install 3.3.  Specifically
> a)  will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my 2.4.4
> kernel previously compiled with 2.95.2?

One gotcha...  The 3.3 compiler has some stricter rules on strings and 
will not compile anything under kernel 2.4.21 I believe....  although 
the problems are few and could be patched I suppose.  The older kernels 
have strings that don't fit the new rules.


> b)  Will I need some special tools to go with 3.3  (I'll of course
> read the read me about things I'll need for 3.3)
> c)  Is there some clever way that I might switch between 2.95.2 and
> 3.3? gcc at the command line presumably knows only my most recent
> compiler.
>
> General suggestions about switching would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

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