FC4 good new tech, bad legacy support

[Richard Kelsch]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> Richard Kelsch wrote:
>
>> Ok people, I'm not trying to be a bummer here, so please read this as 
>> if it was meant to entertain, not insult.  Think of me as a whining 
>> comic.  However, there is a seriousness to the root of this message:
>>
>> After installing FC4 I was impressed with all of the new features, 
>> speed and such.  As a stand alone OS, it is superb.  For me, 
>> everything "stock" worked "out of the box."  All hail Fedora Core 4!  
>> I was singing praises, people were on the streets in awe.  Life was 
>> good.  The installation went well, it operated well, everything that 
>> was installed from the "core" or "extras" binary rpms worked superb...
>>
>> However, I noticed after I started installing software I needed 
>> (gzipped sourcem CPAN modules etc.), it's not very compatible with 
>> older "legacy" software.  In fact, as a rule, getting software not in 
>> the "core", "extras", or "freshrpms" trees to work is a royal pain in 
>> the fanny.  Nothing compiles without errors.  In fact, luck is a big 
>> factor getting anything to work once you think you've got it 
>> compiled.  This isn't an issue with only one piece of software, 
>> otherwise I'd consider myself ranting.  No, I'm not going to file 
>> numerous bug reports for things I'm not exactly sure where the bug 
>> is.  Yes, I had tried the gcc32 trick as well, and nothing works like 
>> it should. 
>
>
> If the software doesnt work with either gcc 3.2 or gcc 4.x then its 
> probably broken. GCC 4.x is there as the primary compiler. 
> compat-gcc-32 for legacy support. I am not sure what else could be 
> done better here. any ideas?
>
It works on FC3 without problems and that's gcc32.  The "broken" theory 
seems to fall apart there.  Thanks for the attempt though, it is 
appreciated.