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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Andy Whitcroft wrote:

> > But then how important is gcc 3.3 support?
> 
> Well we say 3.2 is the minimum.  If we simply return(NULL) or BUG() in

Oh before I forget

Gcc 3.3 works just fine on other platforms like i386. This is more likely 
a platform issue. If we disable it then only for <= gcc 3.3 on ppc. If 
problems crop up with other platforms then we can expand on it.