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

["George B." <i93.borg@gmail.com>]

On 8/19/05, Horms <horms@verge.net.au> wrote:
> 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.

Well, if it fails when building a module I will just go and bug the
maintaner for that module source. ;-)

Thanks for your help.

George.