There's an interesting question, is the standard kernel for potato going to be 2.2.x or 2.0.36? If it's 2.2.x, we should be careful about disk/memory usage since I've noticed that 2.2 tends to use more RAM. Dave Bristel On Thu, 6 May 1999, Edward Betts wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:00:54 +0100 > From: Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> > Reply-To: edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk > To: Debian developers list <debian-devel@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: linux 2.0.x will not compile on unstable > Resent-Date: 6 May 1999 21:24:12 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Thu, 06 May, 1999, Edward Betts wrote: > > 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 have since downloaded the patch to make linux 2.0.x compile with egcs and I > can tell you it worked on my machine. If potato is going to ship with > kernel-source-2.0.36 it is going to want this patch. I no longer think there > is any need for the odd gcc to be included using the alternatives system. > > -- > I consume, therefore I am >
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