[IRCServices Coding] Compiler issues

[Finny Merrill]

On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 VisionOfHell at aol.com wrote:

> This is what I get when I try and compile Opre12:
> 
> Searching for a suitable compiler... 
> 
> *** WHOA THERE! ***
> 
> Your system seems to have gcc 2.96 installed.
> This is an unofficial release of the GCC compiler which
> contains serious bugs and cannot compile Services correctly.
> Please upgrade GCC to a newer version, or downgrade to
> version 2.95.3, before compiling Services.
> 
> This is what my ISP says:
> 
> I've had a good poke around on the redhat updates site and there is a newer 
> version of gcc, build 112, but it still version 2.96.
> 
> However, there is a whole section on the RedHat web site that explains what 
> the "issues" with this version of the compiler are and it makes quite 
> interesting reading. You might want to have a read yourself as I feel their 
> thinking makes complete sense to me and is the route we want to follow.
> 
> <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_gcc.html">http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_gcc.html</A>
> 
> I guess until gcc 2.97 or the new version of services becomes more compliant 
> with the standards of the language it's supposedly written there is little 
> that can be done to resolve this :o( Sadly I'm not able to downgrade the 
> compiler to an earlier version.
> 
> Can someone please try and explain to me where this leaves me?
> 
upgrade GCC to 3.1. It seems to work fine.