[MPlayer-users] GCC 2.96 <<-- no ... not a bugreport

[Johannes Feigl]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:24:47PM -0500, Nilmoni Deb wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 		This may not be a good idea as gcc-2.95.4 is not an
> official release as per http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html .

oh ... i'm sorry ... it's 2.95.3

Checking for gcc version ... 2.95.3, ok


> 
> The mplayer developers will find it harder to explain why they don't
> support the unofficial gcc-2.96 (redhat/mandrake) while they r going for
> the unofficial gcc-2.95.4 (gentoo). Besides, who gaurantees that gentoo
> binaries will be compatible with redhat/mandrake libraries ?
> Remember, its not gcc alone but the whole redhat/mandrake distro libs
> that have been compiled with the buggy gcc-2.96 .

mfg Johannes