netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH 1/3] Use C99 style initializers everywhere

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Date:	Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:39:41 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemming@...cade.com>, Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	"julien.floret@...nd.com" <julien.floret@...nd.com>
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH 1/3] Use C99 style initializers everywhere

On 6/17/16 6:21 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I want to have the least user complaints possible.
> Since the main reason people build new iproute2 utilities is to work with features
> of newer kernels. It makes sense to keep the requirements the same. Not sure if kernel
> still builds with gcc-3.2, has anyone tried.

That seems excessive.

Looking at the ftp sites RHEL4 started with gcc-3.4 in May 2005 -- 11 
years ago.

RHEL5 uses gcc-4.1 and it is now 9 years old.