[parisc-linux] Re: gcc-3.2 -> gcc-3.3 transition on hppa

[Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>]

In reference to a message from Matthias Klose, dated Mar 01:
> Matthias Klose writes:
> > AFAIK the transition from 3.2 to 3.3 requires recompilation of C++
> > code due to the changed exception handling (now DWARF2 based). As
> > libstdc++ in 3.2 and 3.2 have the same soname, how to handle it?
> > Currently 3.2 is in unstable only. Would you want to start the
> > recompilation before 3.2 based binaries go to testing?
> > 
> > The packaging for 3.3 can be found in the Debian CVS.
> 
> You can get test packages from
> 	http://ftp-master.debian.org/~doko/gcc-3.3/

well.... this is not looking good. after installing these in a freshly
built sarge chroot, all c++ programs stop working (well, i've only tried
two -- apt and fakeroot)

(btw, small packaging detail, but the libstdc++*-dev package above
cannot be installed cleanly because it overwrites things in the current
3.2 package)

randolph
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Randolph Chung
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports
http://www.tausq.org/