Re: Compiling on RedHat 7.1

[jones . peter]

> >>>>> "PJ" == jones peter <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> PJ> I am attempting to compile the May 8, 2001 test version
> PJ> of swarm on RedHat 7.1, on a 686. After ./configure and make, I
> PJ> get the following messages at the end of the make:
> 
> PJ> activity.h:530:2: invalid preprocessing directive
> 
> GCC >= 2.96 are not supported for building Swarm.  (They aren't even
> official releases of GCC.)
> 
RedHat seems committed to supporting their 2.96. See bug report at
at their site: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18803.
This document, in turn, references
http://www.lwn.net/2000/1005/a/rh-tools.php3, explaining why RedHat has
chosen to continue with 2.96. For my purposes, future compatibility of
source code (reason 3 in the above document), and the forward-looking
view (reason 4), which I find appropriate for the brand-new experimental
system I'm setting up make me feel more like staying with RH's supported
2.96.  Going back to 2.95 isn't very appetizing; see
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21720.

Thanks for your help (also the RPM's from Paul Johns).

Peter Jones

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