[arch-general] Must i do the toolchain update or can i wait

Attila attila at invalid.invalid
Thu May 7 00:30:07 EDT 2009


On Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2009 23:25 Jan de Groot wrote:

> gcc 4.4 is ABI compatible with 4.3 binaries, so this means you can
> compile and run software with 4.4 against libraries that were compiled
> against 4.3 without noticable problems. It appears you can load kernel
> modules compiled with 4.4 into a kernel that is built with 4.3, so even
> on the kernel side the compatibility is there, which is something I
> never expected to have.

Thanks very much for this helpful informations and sorry for getting in a
little panic about a problem which is not a problem.

See you, Attila



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