Re: backward compatibility of gcc on xcode tools.

Amit Bhatia wrote:

> 
> Hi,
>  I am using os X 10.3.9 with xcode 1.5 and gcc 3.3. I believe this
> version of gcc is pretty old now and am thinking of updating to gcc 4.0
or
> later. However I don't want to reinstall all the packages that I
installed
> using fink and darwin****ts and some more, by compiling the source code.
Is it expected that all the compiled libraries will continue to
> function and link smoothly if I make this upgrade?
> thanks,
> --a.
> 

If you upgrade to Xcode 2.x then it has both gcc 3.3 and gcc 4.0, and 
you can select which one is ued by default (gcc_select). So you can 
still use gcc 3.3 for your crusty old open source projects and use gcc 
4.0 for more up-to-date stuff.

Paul