On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:36:14AM -0400, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > > * "Gcc-3.0.1" can at _least_ become "Gcc-2.95" I don't know if you > want to mention "egcs-2.91.66" but it works. > Possibly, but if you have to build a linux-2.6 kernel on the old host, you won't be able to build a recent version of 2.6 with those old compilers.
In an *ideal* world, I still think that building the kernel version used in LFS on the host is the way to go. Doesn't fit every usage, but it has to be a lot better than attempting to support people building from some antique version of 2.6. Iff people are able to build successfully with kernels < 2.6.16.recent [ chosen because 2.6.16 has long-term support ], that's good, but I don't think we should be going out of our way to encourage it. FWIW, my _first_ experience with linux was using redhat 6.2 - that was with a free CD from a magazine in late 1999. Things have moved on. For the desktop, I can be rightly accused of not liking certain modern developments, but even I think 9-year-old software is not a normal place from which to start. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
