Why can't gcc-4.2.1 build usable libreoffice?

[Greg Miller]

On 2/20/13, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> wrote:
> What is your point, besides getting software from the museum to build
> stuff from the relative future?

I can't speak for the OP, but I tried it because clang, gcc46, and
gcc47 wouldn't produce a working executable at all for a long time
(and continue to fail) on my 9.0 and 9.1 systems. There's been so much
libreoffice breakage that I don't even bother reporting it or making
much effort to fix it. I just reboot to Windows for the cases where I
need a working libreoffice. I don't much care whether gcc 4.2 produces
a working libreoffice; I just wish something did.