On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:38:55AM +0300, James Black wrote: > I found out that many packages can't compile with gcc v4. Since Fedora 4 > will be released soon it might be a good idea for compatibility reasons > to also include the gcc v3. It also would be nice if Fedora includes a > scrift to switch temporally from gcc v4 to gcc v3 something like > gcc_choose or something... I know for compatibility reasons you have > include the gcc32 but it's a 32 bit not a 64 bit compiler. > The issue affect multimedia software like Xvid, Mplayer etc. > I would apreciate your answer Getting those packages building is well worth the invested effort. Especially considering advantages like being able to build with FORTIFY_SOURCE to spot potential security holes. (Hmm, are -extras being built with this flag I wonder?) Dave