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> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
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> >> Personally, I suspect that it's because gcc-2.95.2 can't compile working
> >> kernels without a LOT of screwing around. I've yet to make the debian
> >> compiler from frozen give me a working kernel. I'm much happier with the
> >> WORKING software that RedHat ships. If you're looknig for RPMs that you
> >> can't find, try www.rpmfind.net, and the rpmfind utility.
> >> Greg
> >
> >
> >Just what kernels can't it compile? I've had a succession of 2.2 and 2.4
> >kernels compiled with gcc -2.95-x, and all seem fine to me.
> >
> >I've been using gcc-2.95.3-0.20000517 for some time and before that 2.95-2
> >with nothing more than a few snide remarks here to unsettle me.
>
> Jeepers creepers... ;o)
>
> This is one of the biggest FAQ's I think in all of Linux
> land... People argue about how they use compiler XXX.YYY and it
> works for them, so it should work for everyone, when Linus, and
> Alan Cox, and others explicitly state that gcc2.95 and other
> compilers are buggy and/or the kernel has bugs that make kernel
> builds with these compilers break.
>
Sorry to contradict you.
Alan Cox has stated in this list that what precluded use of gcc 2.95.2
was kernel bugs not compiler bugs. AFAIK they have been fixed in
2.2.16. And AFAIK Suse, Caldera and Mandrake have switched to gcc
2.95.2. Also it is gcc 2.95.2 who is the _approved_ compiler for
compiling glibc not egcs or gcc 2.7.2.8
--
Jean Francois Martinez
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