commit 9cabedd3eb68313d0d6b079b489439bad7d26244 Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Mon Dec 19 11:29:03 2011 -0500 Explain why we are making gcc 3.3 work --- changes/portability_01_haiku | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/portability_01_haiku b/changes/portability_01_haiku index ab58381..74887fe 100644 --- a/changes/portability_01_haiku +++ b/changes/portability_01_haiku @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ analysis by Martin Hebnes Pedersen. - Preprocessor directives should not be put inside the arguments of a macro. This would break compilation with GCC releases prior - to version 3.3. Bugfix on 0.2.3.3-alpha, fixes the other part of - bug 4727. Patch and analysis by Martin Hebnes Pedersen. + to version 3.3. We would never recommend such an old GCC + version, but it is apparently required for binary compatibility + on some platforms (namely, certain builds of Haiku). Bugfix on + 0.2.3.3-alpha, fixes the other part of bug 4727. Patch and + analysis by Martin Hebnes Pedersen.