RE: [MLUG] RedHat 8.0 i386 ISOs

["Brent Deterding" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

RH is kind of interesting when it comes to compilers. I mean, the rest of
the world uses stable gcc 2.95 - RH uses this beta stuff that breaks things.
Doesn't affect me much but I know some of our developers had one hell of a
time with multi-threaded debuggers and gcc 2.96 compilers. Went back to 2.95
and it seemed fine.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Mark Haidekker
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [MLUG] RedHat 8.0 i386 ISOs


On Monday 30 September 2002 03:12 pm, you wrote:
> The last time I installed an x.0 release (7.0), I had one heck of a time
> getting a kernel to compile. I switched distributions to Mandrake until
> the 7.2 release because I got tired of fighting with it.
>
> I could've updated things, modified stuff, etc., but it just irritated me
> because the end user should be able to compile a kernel with the proper
> commands right out of the box. It really shouldn't be an issue.
>

I think RH 7.0 was an exception as to what extent it was broken. If I
remember correctly, there was this gcc compiler problem - and if the
compiler
itself is broken, the rest can't be good.

I don't expect as much trouble with 8.0, although I'll have yet to try it.

Mark
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