On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 19:55 +0000, Mike Hearn wrote: > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:55:20 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > > Sorry. I know as much about C as I do about B12. > > > > If I compile an rpm with gcc4, are there any problems associated with > > installing that rpm on a machine running FC3 that I need to understand? > > Yes, this is a total swamp. I suggest you read this: > > http://autopackage.org/docs/devguide/ch07.htm > > It's a little out of date, doesn't cover all the issues, is inaccurate in > places etc but AFAIK it's the only documentation on this stuff that exists. That's a remarkably authoritative and credible document then -;) It's also beyond my level of comprehension but I get the idea. It's worse than I thought. If I'm reading this correctly then the reverse is also a potential problem (using FC3 rpms in FC4 test 1). > > The issue is likely to be not so much gcc4 as glibc, though gcc can cause > occasional issues as well. If you only want to go back one revision of > Fedora though you should not encounter any of them. > > You can use the apbuild tool to automatically fix many of these problems. Hmm. Sorry I asked but thanks. I'm downloading FC4T1 now. This WILL be interesting. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Kill Spam at the Source: http://www.TQMcube.com/spam_trap.htm Today's Spam Trap Adds: http://www.TQMcube.com/BlockedToday RBLDNSD HowTo: http://www.TQMcube.com/rbldnsd.htm
