On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 09:40:00AM -0400, Ryan Linn wrote: > Hello, > After reading about the speed enhancements with the newer version of > gcc, I attempted to do an upgrade on an existing install of RedHat 7. > Once installed, the gcc program refused to run saying that it was not an > executable binary, even though it appeared to have the proper ELF headers. You need a newer kernel, as the ELF header has switched to a new EM_S390 value. Mixing with earlier installs might be dangerous. > Has the platform or anything like that changed for the new code drop ? I > noticed that it was compiled using the newer versions of glibc, but tried > bringing in those updates as well and it just made things less happy, so > any additional information about what else may have changed with the new > RPMs would be appreciated. You basically need a new install as most speed improvements are either in the glibc or compiled into all rpm packages as inline string functions. cu, Florian La Roche
