Re: Debug builds

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

Matthias wrote:
> Bernd Strieder wrote:
>> If you are ready to recompile all C++ parts of your project, you might
>> consider using g++-3.4.3. It has a new parser, which is stricter. There
>> are possibly a lot of simple changes in template-heavy code to get your
>> code working under g++-3.4 and g++-3.3. gcc-3.4.3 is faster, especially
>> in debugging builds and produces faster code. You could do release
>> builds with the old compiler.
> 
> Hm, that sounds reasonable, but I use the one that came with Debian 
> Sarge. I tried to set up a newer gcc version on my own -- once, and 
> never again. It was a major pain in the b... back.

apt-get install g++-3.4

3.3 is the default compiler for sarge due to the width of supported
architectures and the required testing that goes with a compiler upgrade.

Alternatives:
  http://apt-get.org
  http://backports.org

Uli

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