[parisc-linux] Re: gcc-3.? compiler for hppa (3.1, 3.1+dwarf2, 3.2cvs20020429?)

[Phil Edwards]

> > i am concerned that between gcc versions, there are often changes in the
> > C++ (and maybe others) ABI, and moving all of our packages to the new 
> > version is likely going to be a painful process. If the g++-3.2 ABI is
> > already frozen (?)

The C++ ABI is done, but there were minor bugs in 3.0's implementation of
that ABI.  The bugs were fixed in 3.1, thus the change.

The libstdc++ ABI is /not/ stable yet.


> I still haven't figured out why libstdc++ needs to be installed prior
> to running the testsuite.

That's weird... nothing immediately comes to mind.


Phil

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