[linux-audio-dev] Compilers

[David Gerard Matthews]

Levi Burton wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I was curious what compiler versions people have had the best luck with. 
>I am currently using: gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-113)
>
>I am considering upgrading via RPM to what appears to be 3.2 
>(gcc-3.2-7.i386.rpm).  Good idea? Bad Idea?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Levi
>
I've been using gcc-3.2 on RH 8 and it seems to do a good job.  However, 
I would not
recommend upgrading just the compiler, especially if you're running RH 
7.3.  The reason
is that you won't be able to link against any C++ libraries compiled 
with the old compiler.
(Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.) So basically 
you're looking at
upgrading your whole distro or recompiling all the C++ libraries from 
source.  
A major pain either way.  This was, incidentally, the major reason why I 
upgraded
to RH 8 from 7.3.  
-dgm