Re: [Java-gnome-developer] RedHat 7.0 compile problem (solution - lack of)

[Ian D . S. <ids...@so...>]

On 2001.04.17 08:21:54 -0400 Jean van Wyk wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> The bad news is that it has now been verified three times with different
> people that RedHat 7.0 with the latest gcc / libstdc++ RPMs from RedHat
> has a problem with compiling (the java-gnome) JNI code.
> 
> The only way that I could fix it previously was by uninstalling the
> offending gcc rpms and re-install the old versions.  As of yet I am not
> aware of any other patch / solution for this problem.  If someone has
> found a solution or has contacted RedHat over this problem, please let
> us know.
> 
> I would like to stress that as far as I know this only happens with the
> when the following RPMS are installed on a RedHat system
> 
> > RedHat 7.0
> > gcc 2.96-69
> > cpp 2.96-69
> > glibc-devel 2.2-12
> > libstdc++-devel 2.96-69

FWIW, 2.96 is a development release.  Anyone shipping this RPM's with a
production system should be thrashed thoroughly about the head and
shoulders.

The latest stable release is 2.95.3 (released last month).


Regards,
Ian

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