Re: Copyright and kernel dependencies...
> I'm going to finally pkg GM tools by Myricom Inc. Recently a 1.5 version
> has been released which can be used with 2.2 and 2.4 kernel series.
n> See ITP #114992.
>
> A couple of issues:
>(...)
> 2. Documentation has a clear warning, which states that build
> systems should work with the same OS where the system should run.
> So you cannot compile on a 2.2.x machine and run the executable
> on a 2.4.x machine. If this is the case, i.e. I cannot use kernel
> sources (only) to force a correct building, this could be
> a serious problem for archs which are not available to me for building
> (i.e. all but i386/alpha and maybe sparc) where I can choose among
> different bootable kernels.
> For example I will have to compile for 2.2 series only...
> Any hints by build/ports folks?
My first hint would be to present this same questions to the developers -
They will be able to tell you exactly what they mean, not what they
interpret, as we would.
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Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@campus.iztacala.unam.mx - (+52-55)5623-1118
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