Potato uses egc as the standard C compiler. But, linux 2.0.x will not compile with a version of gcc greater than 2.7.2.x, when I tried to compile the code I got the error message: ---- This code is tested with gcc 2.7.2.x only. Using egcs/gcc 2.8.x needs additional patches that have not been sufficiently tested to include by default. See http://www.suse.de/~florian/kernel+egcs.html for more information Remove this if you have applied the gcc 2.8/egcs patches and wish to use them. ---- I am about to download and apply the patches, but I am not sure if they will work. I have to use the 2.0.36 kernel, 2.2.7, won't handle my sound card or extra mono display. Could gcc be made avaliable by alternatives so I could set CC=gcc272 in the kernel makefile, could I have two versions of gcc installed at once, or is that not possible? I will probably end up installing gcc on my firewall (a machine running slink), and compile the kernel there, not an optimal situation, I know. I think it would be a shame if Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 could not compile old kernels. -- I consume, therefore I am
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