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Re: gcc 3.2 needed for everything?


On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 10:22:57PM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:

> Earlier gcc versions have more bugs and we don't recommend using
> them.  But as far as I know nothing prevents it.  However, you
> should be aware that there has been little testing at best of using
> older compilers with glibc-2.3 headers installed.

We have a success report of someone building X with gcc-2.95 and
glibc-2.3 headers.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2002/debian-glibc-200210/msg00105.html

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but in practice, it sucks :)
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