Hello, all: I tried to compile a custom 2.4.27 kernel (the Debian way, of course!) on my testing system, but got this error:
"warning: conflicting types for built-in function '_exit'" I Googled the error, and it seems the kernel won't compile with some versions of gcc. In particular, I guess it has trouble with gcc 4.0, which is the default on testing. Anyway, /usr/bin/gcc was symlinked to gcc-4.0; I symlinked it to gcc-3.3 instead, and the kernel built without a problem. So, maybe that information will be of help to others. (I notice - after doing this - that the Documentation/Changes file recommends using gcc 2.95; but 3.3 appears to have worked.) Was there a better - more Debian - way to do it? Now the kernel is built, I've reverted to the original symlink, and made myself a note about the need to change it if I want to compile a different 2.4.27. But that seems a bit kludgy - maybe it comes with living with testing! Patrick
