[ gpsdrive ] compiling gpsdrive - gcc

[Kevin Brown]

>> I tried to compile gpsdrive-2.09 and gpsdrive-2.10pre2 on an opensuse10.2
>> and with both version I get the following error with ./configure:
>>
>> Using gcc compiler
>> *****************************************
>> You need a gcc >= 3.x to compile GpsDrive
>> *****************************************
>>
>> What could I do to compile gpsdrive with version 4.1.2?
> 
> Simply comment the corresponding lines in the configure script.
> Should work then.
> 
> diff -urNad gpsdrive-2.10~pre2~/configure gpsdrive-2.10~pre2/configure
> --- gpsdrive-2.10~pre2~/configure   2007-07-29 14:47:22.000000000 +0000
> +++ gpsdrive-2.10~pre2/configure    2007-07-29 14:48:36.000000000 +0000
> @@ -20853,20 +20853,6 @@
> 
>  echo "Using $CC compiler"
> 
> -if test "$CC" = "gcc" ; then
> -
> -if $CC -dumpversion|egrep -q "^3\.*"; then
> -echo "GCC ok"
> -else
> -echo "*****************************************"
> -echo "You need a gcc >= 3.x to compile GpsDrive"
> -echo "*****************************************"
> -exit
> -fi
> -
> -fi
> -
> -
>  UNAMEP=`uname -p`
>  ARCHP=`arch`
>  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
> 
> Cheers,
> Andreas
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> 

Would be better to change it to:

if $CC -dumpversion|egrep -q "^[34]\.*"; then