Recommended version of gcc for Python?

[Bernd Nawothnig]

On 2005-05-16, Dave Kuhlman wrote:

> Is there a recommended version of gcc that I should be using to
> compile Python?  I've compiled Python 2.4 with gcc 3.3.4 on Ubuntu
> Debian GNU/Linux.  However, I notice that gcc 3.5 and gcc 4.0 are
> available for installation.

I am on Gentoo Linux and use gcc 3.4.3 (~x86 == unstable) for almost
all ebuilds including Python 2.3.5 (x86 == stable). No malfunction so
far, and Gentoo depends heavily on Python. _If_ gcc 3.4 compiles a
source the resulting binary will work. The only problem is, not all
ebuilds compile without errors using gcc 3.4.

Simply try it.




Bernd

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