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authorlevine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795>1998-05-05 20:18:20 +0000
committerlevine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795>1998-05-05 20:18:20 +0000
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@@ -183,14 +183,20 @@ and Alpha platforms. With glibc 2 distributions, such as RedHat 5.0,
you'll need at least the following additions:<p>
<ul>
- <li>egcs 1.0.1 or later
+ <li>egcs 1.0.2 or later
<li>glibc-2.0.7-7 (from ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/gnu)
</ul><p>
+<strong>NOTE:</strong>: Be careful when installing egcs. If
+you don't remove your old gcc and libg++ RPMs, it's best to
+install egcs in a different directory than /usr, such as /usr/local,
+and set your PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly.<p>
+
With some glibc-2.0.6 versions, you may need to apply some <A
HREF="os-patches/linux-patches.html">patches</A> to get ACE working with
LinuxThreads. Some of the patches are necessary with Alpha CPUs and
-with some older kernels.<P>
+with some older kernels. egcs 1.0.1 can also be used, but it
+may need patches, described in the patches file, as well.<P>
Some of the ACE tests fail on older, pre-glibc-2 Linux platforms.<p>