gcc-4.1.1

[Jan Eidtmann]

On 27.01.07, Moritz Heiber wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:40:48 +0100
> Jan Eidtmann <cmak at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
> 
> > i have no main develevopment box, well, i do, but its also 
> > my main "workstation" which i depend on being usable. i 
> > dont want this box to eat my files!! D:
> > on the other hand i like to break stuff and unbreak it 
> > again when im bored....so that i am at least no longer 
> > bored. anyway, wouldnt this update mean that one has to 
> > rebuild every piece as the new binaries aint expected to be 
> > binary compatible with the currently installed?
> 
> No.

well i wouldnt ask this when i wasnt quite scared about 
this update. so, what you say is that major version 
differences of gcc do not produce more or less incompatible 
binaries? hmm, may well be that i am on the wrong track 
here...but i read "somewhere": "First and foremost, GCC 4 
breaks binary compatibility. What this means is, the ELF 
format is new and not backward compatible with the older 
ELF format."

so, whats the deal with this 4.1.1? whats new/better? why 
update? is it save or not? my box works like a charm, im 
not bored (well, thats a lie) and i dont wanna break it (i 
think).

 ///
cmak