Re: Unparsable gcc version string? [WAS: lily 1.4.15]

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Previously Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > That's a lot more informative for users than
> > 
> >          Error: your C++ compiler does not support dynamic type casts.
> >             Cannot compile LilyPond. 
> 
> So you change that to:
> 
>   Error: your C++ compiler does not support dynamic type casts,
>     Cannot compile LilyPond. Please upgrade your compiler (we
>     recommend XXXX)
> 
> That is actually a lot better, since it will also catch flaws in
> compilers you are not familiar with.

We don't support any other compilers, and with version checking we can
use the same m4 code for detecting the GUILE version, texinfo version,
pktrace version, etc.

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