GCC 4.xx FC4 rc3 x86_64
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Thu May 19 07:36:55 UTC 2005
On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:38:55AM +0300, James Black wrote:
> I found out that many packages can't compile with gcc v4. Since Fedora 4
> will be released soon it might be a good idea for compatibility reasons
> to also include the gcc v3. It also would be nice if Fedora includes a
> scrift to switch temporally from gcc v4 to gcc v3 something like
> gcc_choose or something... I know for compatibility reasons you have
> include the gcc32 but it's a 32 bit not a 64 bit compiler.
> The issue affect multimedia software like Xvid, Mplayer etc.
> I would apreciate your answer
Getting those packages building is well worth the invested effort.
Especially considering advantages like being able to build
with FORTIFY_SOURCE to spot potential security holes.
(Hmm, are -extras being built with this flag I wonder?)
Dave
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