From rossini@blindglobe.net  Thu Sep 28 16:43:29 2000
From: rossini@blindglobe.net (A.J. Rossini)
Date: 28 Sep 2000 08:43:29 -0700
Subject: [Rd] Re: [R] Nothing can be pasted...
In-Reply-To: <200009281251.NAA10367@toucan.stats.ox.ac.uk>
 (Prof Brian Ripley's message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:51:12 +0100 (BST)")
References: <200009281251.NAA10367@toucan.stats.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <87bsx8o732.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>

>>>>> "PBR" == Prof Brian Ripley <ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:


    PBR> A bit more on this. I understood from PD's recent post that
    PBR> RH7.0 uses gcc 2.96, even though that is not yet released
    PBR> accoring to the gcc site (gcc.gnu.org) has as NEWS for Sept
    PBR> 11, 2000:


    PBR> I wonder if this is a problem with using a beta compiler?

I would be very careful with upgrading a production machine to RedHat
7.0; based on my recent experiences with Debian/Woody, it's hazardous
to stability (Debian/Woody is currently is messed up with similar but
slightly better patched (later) version of glibc, though using older
version of gcc (2.95.2))

best,
-tony

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[Rd] Re: [R] Nothing can be pasted...
A.J. Rossini