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Re: error using 3.3.2 in building apache-1.3.31
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:11:49PM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:26:12AM -0700, James E Wilson wrote:
> > We make no guarantees about ABI compatibillity from one release to the
> > next. If there is any C++ code, then there is no practical chance of
> > this working. If there is only C code, then there is a reasonable
> > chance of this working.
>
> As GCC is free software, no guarantees can be made about anything.
> However, GCC developers work hard to assure, at least, that releases whose
> first two numbers are the same, e.g. gcc 3.4.0 and gcc 3.4.1, are
> binary-compatible even for C++ code, and you can generally count on that
> (though even there, no absolute promise can be given).
>
> However, 2.anything and 3.anything are completely incompatible as far
> as C++ is concerned, that is one thing that *can* be guaranteed.
True, but since most of the stuff I'm compiling is C code, I'm assuming that
I'm going to have no problems. Is this correct?
Ed