On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 04:24:44AM -0500 , Jason Lunz wrote: > This has been bugging me for a while, but with linux 2.4.0 being > "official", I'm wondering about gcc versions. The recommended compiler > for the kernel is, AFAIK, egcs 1.1.2 (gcc 2.91.66?). There's a warning > in Documentation/Changes specifically for 2.95-derived compilers...the > only recent i386 gcc in debian is 2.95.2. > > In short, is there a summary somewhere of the various gcc branches? > Which one should be used for kernel compiles, and if it's not 2.95.2,
i use 2.95.2 and it works. if you want to be really sure, use gcc272 > what's the "right" way to make a kernel in debian? Why the discrepancy? > > Jason Petr Cech -- Debian GNU/Linux maintainer - www.debian.{org,cz} [EMAIL PROTECTED] <rmtZzz> The guy may know awk like the back of a dingo, too.