From: vaeth@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras  wrote:   
   >> I have/had a lot of problems with 4.3.0. It wouldn't even compile a kernel   
   >> without patching it first.   
   >   
   > emerge of GCC 4.3.0 failed anyway here.  I stumbled upon this bug:   
   > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191088   
   >   
   > Now I must try to build glibc (they say this fixes the bug).   
      
   It only fixed the bug if you use glibc-2.7-r2(?). With stable glibc,   
   you still have to apply the patch mentioned in the bug.   
      
   > Anyway, before installing Gentoo I had the impression these things would   
   > be easier than with other distros, since Gentoo is source-oriented.   
      
   Bugs happen in every distro. The above really is a bug.   
      
   > On openSUSE 10.3 I have GCC 4.3.0 working with no problems and I compiled   
   > kernel 2.6.24.1 with it also with no problems (-O2 -march=core2)   
      
   But I doubt that you get all package compiled with gcc-4.3 which is   
   meanwhile almost the case with gentoo...   
      
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