> -----Original Message-----
> From: spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu [SMTP:spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Monday, 11 October 1999 23:08 EST
> To: xforms@bob.usuhs.mil
> Subject: Re: XForms: Compiling gcc with libc5
>
> # To subscribers of the xforms list from spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu (Steve
> Lamont) :
>
> Why are you using XForms 0.81? That version is several years old and
> is relatively buggy. Why not just upgrade?
>
> A good question. I actually use 0.88, but I keep 0.81 and 0.86
> versions for testing. Personally, I don't believe that 0.81 is more
> buggy than, say 0.89 or even 0.88. It has a rather awkward 'dial'
> control, requires obsolete type names (FL_Coord instead of
> FL_COORD etc), misses 3d boxes, some @-types, etc., but you
> can analyse version at compilation stage and make the best fit.
> I always recommend using 0.88, but at the same time I don't
> want to force downloading a 1M library for a single 200k
> application. I received references from someones who are
> happy with 0.81. Remember, that many users still have to pay
> an hourly rate for Internet access.
>
>
> You can determine the spec file by typing
>
> gcc -v
>
> and you should see something like
>
> Reading specs from
> /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/egcs-2.91.66/specs
> gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>
> Thanks for the idea. I must confess, that the original question
> was not about how to get the libc version used by the compiler,
> but how to FORCE the compiler to use libc5 instead of glibc.
> Probably, I couldn't formulate it properly.
>
>
> Regards, Michael
>
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