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Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag
On 06 Mar 2008 12:45:57 +0100, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
> >
> > I suppose one could apply the precautionary principle, but those systems that
> > don't update kernels won't update gcc either, so the solution won't work.
>
> You seem to assume that running a gcc 4.3 compiled binary requires a
> gcc update. That is not necessarily true.
It (sometimes) requires a libgcc and libstdc++ update.
Richard.