Thanks for answering one question for me: why the current python source rpm 
from cooker wouldn't compile on Mandrake 7.2's gcc. I compiled gcc-2.96 
source rpm on LM7.2, then recompiled it using 2.96, and now will hopefully be 
able to compile the latest python on that platform as well.

-- Stephen

On Friday 24 August 2001 07:00 pm, civileme wrote:
> I don't know what kgcc is, but I know most people have had trouble building
> our kernels with it. In fact, someone flamed us on this list because he had
> to do a make mrproper and because kgcc (which we never issued) built a
> kernel with an endbase address too big.  He asked what EDBA was and I gave
> him a reference to the authority on it (a LILO manual) and he accused me of
> sending him on a treasure hunt.
>
> Basically no headers are included by default, and there are some other
> strictnesses, but the number of "internal compiler error" messages we have
> had are tiny.  I believe three, all from packages we never saw.  How we are
> expected to diagnose without seeing the input to the compiler is beyond me,
> but folks report the bug that way.
>
> Anyway, I hope this answers your question.  This is basically a unique
> compiler and we will return to the mainstream compilers as soon as we have
> one that does as well.
>
> Civileme
>
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom

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