Bug#323570: kernel-source-2.4.27: Build fails with default gcc 4.0

[Horms <horms@verge.net.au>]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 01:05:10PM +0100, George B. wrote:
> On 8/18/05, Horms <horms@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Yes, it should do just that.
> 
> Sorry, which one? Automatically use gcc-3.3, or default to gcc-4.0?

Sorry for being unclear. If you build kernel-source-2.4.27 2.4.27-11
then it should use gcc-3.3 for the build, even if your default
gcc is gcc-4.0. To be more specific, if you inspect the makefile
you will see that it actually sets the compiler to be gcc-3.3,
rather than gcc.

Of course if you use a different Makefile, say to build
out of tree modules, or force the compiler to something else,
this system breaks down. I'm not sure there is a good solution to
that problem. But unpacking the kernel-source tar ball and doing
a build should work as long as you have gcc-3.3 installed, 
which is a recomendation of the package.

-- 
Horms