On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > I've tried avifile, but have only an older version which crashes > > > out-of-the-box. The newer versions fail to compile on the picky > > > RH7 compiler, though it's been some time since I tried last. > > > > Under Redhat 7.0, you need to set the CC variable in the makefile to > > kgcc instead of gcc ... why RedHat insisted on bundling a bungled gcc > > is beyond me, but at least they also included a working on (kgcc). > > Its far from a bungled gcc. On the whole it has less bugs than 2.95 or > egcs-1.1.2. It just enforces standards a bit more. Point conceeded. However, I still hold that defaulting to a compiler that fails to compile a fairly significant amount of existing code may not have been the best move on RedHat's part. I mean, I couldn't get a vanilla 2.4.0 kernel to compile with gcc-2.96 (20000731)... why would one include a compiler that can't compile the kernel for the OS it is to run on (unless you are MS)? But, I digress. I think the original intent of this thread had something to do with avifile... ;-)
