Re: [PHP4] Problem with old versions of 'ar'

On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 08:30:52AM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote: > But that doesn't help at all if the underlaying compiler, and more > importantly the loader, does not support the new archive > structure. You can't simply install GNU ar and have your system 'ld' > parse the new archive. And there are many, many legacy systems > out there that have gcc installed, but it's 'ld' implementation > is simply collect. If people install binutils, they get a fresh and widely portable link editor for free.. No, that does not repair defects in the underlying system, but it works around limitations of old build tools. > It's certainly a valid argument saying that PHP4 doesn't support > the legacy systems that worked just fine with PHP3. If that's > the decision, then that's it. I think I said this on new-httpd some months ago already. If supporting a specific platform is possible without any major rework or adding to much bloat, I'm all for it. And the real question is: why would someone want to install PHP 4.0 on a machine with 25MHz or less. Masochist? ;) - Sascha