C++ compatibility package dropped

Jakub Jelinek jakub at redhat.com
Fri Jun 24 23:19:32 UTC 2005


On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 12:04:19AM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It's that time again! Fedora Core 4 no longer installs the
> compat-libstdc++ package by default, meaning that any users who install
> or run a C++ app which was built using GCC 3.3 or lower is now greeted
> with an incomprehensible and unhelpful error (or nothing, if they use the
> GUI).

There is no compat-libstdc++ package in FC4, only
compat-libstdc++-296 and compat-libstdc++-33.
Both are included in the Legacy Software Support group
(which is rather small).
Is it really that hard to check that group in if you want to use
legacy software?  Not everybody uses legacy software, so forcing
it for everyone in the base group is a bad idea IMHO.

	Jakub




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