FC4 good new tech, bad legacy support
Richard Kelsch
rich at csst.net
Thu Jun 30 20:55:26 UTC 2005
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Richard Kelsch wrote:
>
>> Ok people, I'm not trying to be a bummer here, so please read this as
>> if it was meant to entertain, not insult. Think of me as a whining
>> comic. However, there is a seriousness to the root of this message:
>>
>> After installing FC4 I was impressed with all of the new features,
>> speed and such. As a stand alone OS, it is superb. For me,
>> everything "stock" worked "out of the box." All hail Fedora Core 4!
>> I was singing praises, people were on the streets in awe. Life was
>> good. The installation went well, it operated well, everything that
>> was installed from the "core" or "extras" binary rpms worked superb...
>>
>> However, I noticed after I started installing software I needed
>> (gzipped sourcem CPAN modules etc.), it's not very compatible with
>> older "legacy" software. In fact, as a rule, getting software not in
>> the "core", "extras", or "freshrpms" trees to work is a royal pain in
>> the fanny. Nothing compiles without errors. In fact, luck is a big
>> factor getting anything to work once you think you've got it
>> compiled. This isn't an issue with only one piece of software,
>> otherwise I'd consider myself ranting. No, I'm not going to file
>> numerous bug reports for things I'm not exactly sure where the bug
>> is. Yes, I had tried the gcc32 trick as well, and nothing works like
>> it should.
>
>
> If the software doesnt work with either gcc 3.2 or gcc 4.x then its
> probably broken. GCC 4.x is there as the primary compiler.
> compat-gcc-32 for legacy support. I am not sure what else could be
> done better here. any ideas?
>
It works on FC3 without problems and that's gcc32. The "broken" theory
seems to fall apart there. Thanks for the attempt though, it is
appreciated.
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