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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:30:11 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@lightweight.ods.org>
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To: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] update ver_linux script to work with gcc 3.2.
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Hi,

On 28 Aug 2002, Steven Cole wrote:
> A commonly used gcc reports its version number thusly:
> [steven@spc5 steven]$ gcc --version
> 2.96
> 
> But the new gcc 3.2 reports its version number thusly:
> [steven@spc1 scripts]$ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1mdk)
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[thunder@hawkeye.luckynet.adm ~] (1) gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[thunder@bluemoon.luckynet.adm ~] (1) gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.1.1
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.

Your guess seems right, but don't rely on the rest!

			Thunder
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