On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 07:16:19PM -0500, Michael Bonert said > I have a couple of newbie-ish questions. > > (1) How does one set the compiler when compiling the (linux) kernel? > > I had the impression it was just a few settings in 'Makefile' and that it > just entails changing the following: > > --- (Makefile) > HOSTCC = gcc > HOSTCXX = g++ > --- > > to > --- > HOSTCC = gcc-2.95 > HOSTCXX = g++-2.95 > --- Change the CC variables, too. But why are you doing this at all? 2.4.24 should compile fine with gcc 3.3.3, and all previous 2.4 kernels have critical security flaws. > Beyond that I tried aliasing--both didn't do anything (it compiled > with gcc 3.3.3). About the only thing I didn't do was remove the more > recent version of gcc. If the first gcc in your path points to gcc-2.95, then that's what will be used. It will appear in the make output as "gcc", of course. > ASIDE - What sort of problems arise if one compiles the kernel with gcc > (3.3.3) versus gcc-2.95 (the one Linus recommends)? 2.4.24 should work fine, there were problems up to about 2.4.22 or so. > Seems as if fakeroot (what I use to compile) does something funny... Could you elaborate? -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Jiang Zemin smuggle Juiliett Class Submarine benelux nitrate
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