Re: Creation of #debian-68k on irc.debian.org (OFTC)
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:42:25AM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> > > BTW the kernel team(?) decided that we use gcc-4.0 now for all arches, I am
> > > not sure if that works for m68k, did anybody build a kernel with gcc-4
> > > already?
> > Why gcc-4.0 when 4.1 is now the default?
> >>> It will be hardcoded to -4.0 with the next upload. And no, going to -4.1
> >>> is no solution.
> That explains it all, doesn't it?
Well, sort of... it explains, why it's been using 4.0, but not why going 4.1
is no solution, although it the default gcc for etch? Anyway... I guess
they have their reasons and now what they're doing (hopefully ;)...
> I am still wondering if we _have_ to use
> 4.x at all, I switched only reluctantly from 2.95 to 3.3 a while ago, and
> now another big jump? I still have 2.77 flying around, why do we need all
> those new compilers?
The build times are raising since then as well, so using 2.95 or so might
reduce our current backlog? (-;
> > Maybe someone of the m68k users would like to compile a kernel with gcc-4.0
> > and with gcc-4.1 and report how that works out? Anyone?
> Yeah, the 4.0.2 cross-compiler failed to build...
Maybe I'm giving it another try to distcc-crosscc chroot soon, but that
would be for gcc-4.1 then apparently.
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