Re: Compatibility between gcc versions

[Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>]

Here is the general overview:

if the code is written in C++, you are out of luck, you have to get the 
code and recompile it.
Otherwise you are fine, do not worry about the C++ ABI changes between 
gcc.


Thanks,
Andrew Pinski



On Friday, Aug 30, 2002, at 17:31 US/Eastern, Send Here wrote:

> Is there a single page on http://gcc.gnu.org that
> describes compatibility issues between versions of
> gcc?  I noticed http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#known
> describes "Common problems updating from G++ 2.95 to
> G++ 3.0", and http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.2/changes.html
> has some "Caveats", but is there a general page that
> puts it all together?
>
> Specifically, we use gcc2.9 and are wondering what's
> the latest gcc we can upgrade to without having
> compatibility problems with legacy modules that we
> link in.  Our platforms are Solaris 2.[678], HP
> 10.10/11, Red Hat Linux 7.2.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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