[parisc-linux] gcc-3.3 and c++

[John David Anglin]

> > As I mentioned, the 3.2 branch is closed for bug fixes.  The failure
> > doesn't occur with 3.3.  It has a number of -march=2.0 fixes.  The
> > problem could be C++ related as well.  There are a huge number of C++
> > fixes in 3.3 relative to 3.3.
> 
> Reading this inspired us to try compiling the 'menu' debian package 
> with g++-3.3. Historically this package has been very problematic on
> hppa because of its use of exceptions. It's been broken for a very long
> time (couple years?).... but with latest g++-3.3 it actually compiles 
> and works!!

I should also add that I've built lyx, another large C++ app, under
hpux and it seems to work.  I've also built it under linux but I
haven't tested it (no X).

Dave
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