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

[Bo J. <bj...@oa...>]

Quoting "Ian D . Stewart" <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

gcc/cpp 2.96-69 are the latest RedHat 7.0 "update" RPMs available, at least 
according to my mirror.  To the best of my knowledge, these are "official" 
RedHat updates.  FYI, 2.96-81 is included in the new 7.1 release.

Robert (Bo) Jordan
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