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Subject: Re: The upcoming GCC 3.3+ upgrade
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Alexander Kabaev wrote:

> Unfortunately, importing a newer GCC means that we'll have yet another
> ABI breakage on our hands. (...)
> GCC 3.3 issues a lot
> more warnings and that will affect programs which were previously
> WARNS-free. (...)
> Warnings in contributed programs should be fixed
> in upstream sources and kernel warnings will need attention of people
> who know each respective kernel part better than me. (...)
What does this mean for those "early adopters" who normally would
be  asked to keep away from -CURRENT ?

Regards,

Uli.



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