Bug#323570: kernel-source-2.4.27: Build fails with default gcc 4.0
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 02:59:05PM +0100, George B. wrote:
> 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. ;-)
Thats pretty much what I was thinking needs to happen.
Lets see how it goes.
--
Horms
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