[ILUG] GCC 3.0.2

[Justin Mason]

Colm MacC rthaigh said:

> you sure it's gcc ? symbol name problems when linking to libraries
> seems very unlikely. It would cause a _lot_ of problems, and the ELF
> library format is very well standardised. ld would break horifically.
> Unless the libraries are stripped .a's or something ?

The situation is C++-only -- there's no std way to mangle C++ symbols into
a C symbol table.  g++ changed its mangling format for 3.x :( So if you
have a shared library (like kdelibs!) with C++ symbols, built with g++
from gcc 2.9x.x, there's a good chance it won't link if you try to link it
with g++ from gcc 3.x.

> as for RPM, well forgive me for spitting it it's general direction,
> dut it's caused me more headaches than I ever need :o)
> * hugs .deb collection *

let's not go there ;)

--j.