[boost] Re: boost::format on gcc2.96?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-21 13:02:25

Jarl Friis <jarl_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Samuel Krempp <krempp_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> Gavin Doughtie a écrit :
>> 
>> > I've been struggling to get boost::format to work on gcc 2.96 and
>> > having some awful compile issues. I can't use STL port since I need
>> > to link with libraries built against the standard GCC stl. Is there
>> > a compatibility flag or something I can set to make this work? A
>> > specific error dump is below.
>
> There is no such (official) release as gcc 2.96, it is incompatible in
> all the ways you can imagine, see
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-announce/2000/msg00003.html for details.
>
> I suggest upgrade or downgrade to an official release.

All true.  Unfortunately, 2.96 was released by RedHat with one popular
version of Linux, which makes it (in many peoples' eyes) an important
compiler to support anyway.  

another-msvc6-is-all-the-world-needed-ly y'rs,
dave

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