[openbeos] Re: [OT] Re: gcc 3.x ABI
- From: "shatty" <shatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:01:24 -0700
I do industrial size work with the beos gcc (for NASA)
and I can say firmly that the best gcc for stability
is the one that is available at geekgadgets. (the 2000
build) AFAIK this is also the compiler that was in
exp/dano. It fixes bugs from the R5 one and has no
new bugs that I am aware of. However, this version
doesn't have the extended processor instruction
support either. So, I use the 2.95.3 for mmx builds,
such as ffmpeg, LAME. I also use symlinks and scripts
to switch at ease. Although I keep the old R5 one
around I never find need to switch to it, and my
default is the 2000 build.
I suspect that the 2.95.3 build on bebits is missing
some of the patches applied to the R5 and 2000 builds
on geekgadgets, and this causes some of its awry
behavior. A suitably motivated person could probably
patch that build so that it would be better behaved
and we could still have the mmx/etc. support. Or, it
could just be that 2.95.3 really is that buggy. :-)
Andrew
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