Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

Andi Kleen
2008-03-06T11:46:15Z

Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
>
> I suppose one could apply the precautionary principle, but those systems that
> don't update kernels won't update gcc either, so the solution won't work.

You seem to assume that running a gcc 4.3 compiled binary requires a
gcc update. That is not necessarily true.

-Andi