Richard A Nelson writes: > Hrm, gcc272 is still the preferred compiler for 2.2.x series, is it not?
It is, for i386 (and probably for m68k). > It is automagically used by the kernel build script: > > Linux version 2.2.19pre18 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #7 Fri > Mar 23 11:44:40 EST 2001 > > In which case, do we really want to deprecate this now? Yes. But probably the README should be extended to "The only reason it exists is to have a compiler for the linux kernel 2.0.x and on i386 for the linux kernel 2.2.x", until there is some kind of recommendation for gcc-2.95.3.
