Re: gcc-2.95.2-3.i386.rpm

2000-04-03 Thread John Summerfield
> [John Summerfield] > > Can this compile safely be used for compiling everything? > > > > I'm most concerned about kernels (2.2 and 2.3), but I compile quite a lot > > of other stuff here. > > The official stance (last time I saw Alan write on the subject) was > that 2.95.x tickles kernel bugs

Re: gcc-2.95.2-3.i386.rpm

2000-04-03 Thread James Manning
[John Summerfield] > > The official stance (last time I saw Alan write on the subject) was > > that 2.95.x tickles kernel bugs that egcs 1.1.2 and gcc 2.7.2.3 don't, > > so as of yet kernels are still best compiled with older compilers. > > Compile-time? or do they show at run-time? The only thi

Re: gcc-2.95.2-3.i386.rpm

2000-04-02 Thread John Summerfield
> [John Summerfield] > > Can this compile safely be used for compiling everything? > > > > I'm most concerned about kernels (2.2 and 2.3), but I compile quite a lot > > of other stuff here. > > The official stance (last time I saw Alan write on the subject) was > that 2.95.x tickles kernel bugs

Re: gcc-2.95.2-3.i386.rpm

2000-04-02 Thread James Manning
[John Summerfield] > Can this compile safely be used for compiling everything? > > I'm most concerned about kernels (2.2 and 2.3), but I compile quite a lot > of other stuff here. The official stance (last time I saw Alan write on the subject) was that 2.95.x tickles kernel bugs that egcs 1.1.2