On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 12:11:43PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 01:51:03AM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote: > > reopen 194242 > > reassign 194242 gcc > > retitle 194242 gcc: defaulting to 3.3 prevents compilation of the kernel > > merge 194242 194196 > > thanks, control > > > > Then gcc 3.3 should not be the default gcc yet. Reassigning to > > gcc. > > I disagree. These are not faults in gcc. The kernel will eventually > be changed to compile with 3.3. It's just that it hasn't happened yet. > I will be changing the Debian kernel-source to use gcc-3.2/gcc-2.95 on > i386 until it builds with 3.3. Indeed they are. The Linux kernel is part of the release criteria (at least it was for 3.0) [0]. The site states: The Linux kernel is one of the most important pieces of free software, and kernel developers pay careful attention to GCC performance. It would be an embarrassment to GCC 3.0 if it did not compile the kernel correctly, out of the box. Perhaps someone actually might want to use gcc to compile a kernel without using kernel-package (yes, we all know this is an awful thing, but some people actually do it) and expect it to work. It would be (to use the word from the site) an "embarassment" if it did not. Anyway, I think it is a bug. If you don't, you're welcome to mark it "wontfix" or reassign it. Otherwise, you can let it sit there until it is solved. [0] http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.0/criteria.html -- Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> 0x560553e7 "Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." --Douglas Adams
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