On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Brian Morris wrote:
> I notice you are using peculiar (to me) versions of compilers. 3.4 for > m68k and 4.1 as cross compiler. Is this more compatible ? > > Reason I ask is there was some discussion on the list lately about have > had held on to 3.3 too long and why and problems with 4.1 (and 4.2 now > as well). Don't be too suprised if developers have not rushed to adopt gcc 4. Until relatively recently the upstream mac kernel wouldn't build with gcc 4 because it is more strict about language correctness than gcc 3 is. Then there's the effort involved in re-tooling of cross-compilers. And reliability is an open question. You _really_ don't want to be debugging the kernel and the compiler at the same time. We have no way to verify a compiler's correctness other than empirically. No test suite provides complete coverage -- let alone proof. The only way to determine whether gcc 4 is reliable is for people to use it. You really need to build a kernel (from known good sources) and compare it to a gcc 3 build. -f -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
