backward compatibility of g++ ?

[John Levon]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 06:14:25PM +0100, trinks wrote:

> Is there any way (e.g. a flag setting in g++) which allows me to compile 
> my g++-2.95 compatible code with g++-3.2 ?

Try -fpermissive. This won't enable all non-C++ code, but it will help a
transition.

> I just downgraded my system back to Mandrake 8.2 after spending 2 days 
> trying to install g++-2.95 parallel to g++-3.2, without success.

It's really pretty simple ...

regards
john