[NBLUG/talk] GCC: Compiling older apps with latest version

[Augie Schwer]

On 1/28/06, Dave Sisley <dsisley at sonic.net> wrote:
[snip]
> Then, as you said - it's 'export CC=gcc32' and then ./configure, make
> and make install.
> I found this page with some altenate ways of using it:
> http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Caveats_and_Known_Bugs_on_FC4

Just a general comment here; I've found that newer compilers are far
more picky about what they will compile, so trying to compile older
software with the latest and greatest sometimes requires a bit of
hacking to "fix" the bugs.

Augie.


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