Re: downgrading gcc

[Michael Hauke <michael.hauke@gmx.net>]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:23:17AM -0400, Nicolas wrote:
> On Friday 29 August 2003 23:56, ben wrote:
> > I know this isn't laptop specific but...
> > how do I go about downgrading gcc3.3 to gcc2.95?
> > my system reports that I have both installed, but for kernel compiles
> > gcc3.3 causes errors
> > apt-cache shows that I have both 3.3 & 2.95 installed, is there a way I
> > can force make to use 2.95?
> > any help would be appreciated,
> >
> > Ben.
> 
> you can directly use gcc-2.95 or change the link of gcc from gcc-3.3 to 
> gcc-2.95
>

Or you may set "MAKEFLAGS" when using "make-kpkg", e.g.:

MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-2.95" make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image

This (using that MAKEFLAGS stance) works also when using "make", but I just
don't know why you can not just "export CC=gcc-2.95" before starting kernel
compilation.

Regards, M.