On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:34:26AM -0400, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> > GCC 3.3.1 causes *lots* of build problems in "pkgsrc"
> Seconded.  I just ran a bulk-build with gcc-3.3.1, and the result was
> 193 broken packages (in contrast to <25 broken packages).  Among them,
> it seems that KDE3 has problems with gcc-3.3.1.
Well. To my experience most freeware / opensource stuff / GNUware has 
problems on _any_ compiler that is not GCC 2.95. Not to speak about 
problems arising when the target is not a Linux/i386 (i.e. 32 bit, litle 
endian) host. I can tell you nightmares about compiling lots of GNOME 
on an Alpha running Tru64 UNIX with the Compaq/HP C and C++ compiler. 
Or the IRIX MIPS-Pro compilers... 

So the right way is the hard way: Get it compiled with GCC 3.3, make 
local patches in pkgsrc and try to submit them to the authors of the 
freeware. 
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tschüß,
         Jochen

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