On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:59:13PM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > gcc 3.3 is the official sid compiler and gcc 3.2 is the official sarge > > > compiler, and starting in kernel 2.4.21, gcc 3.3 don't cause major > > > problems. > > > > > > In any case, i would strongly discourage to use gcc 3.0 or 3.1. > > > > There's a problem right there: 3.0 has been the only reliable compiler > > lately. > > Meanwhile, 3.3 produces broken kernels and 3.2 has already been slated for > > an > > early retirement. > > Do you have links on this information, or personal experience?
There was a long thread on debian-hppa. After a lot of tests, it turned out that 3.2 and 3.3 could not be used on kernel-source-2.4.19-hppa, even though both are supposed to be better compilers. It was also revealed that stock kernels for the debian/hppa port had been built using 3.0 also. I had similar problems on i386. Things might be different on PPC, but I doubt it. :) We'll have to see how things have improved, once 2.4.21 has entered Sid. > I have been using 3.2 compiled kernels without problems, and so has anyone > using Dan's kernel-image package, since they were built with 3.2 and 3.3 > since a long time. Didn't know. Noted. > I personnaly bellieve you should use either 2.95 or 3.2/3.3 today. I'm trying 3.2 now. :) -- Martin-Éric Racine http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
