Re: recommended gcc compiler version

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

For 2.2.18 we don't need egcs-1.1.2 (we have gcc272); I would like to
wait for the final gcc-2.95.3, before re-uploading egcs-1.1.2.

Kai Henningsen writes:
 > Just pointing out that maybe, we'll want to have an egcs 1.1.2 package  
 > just like we have a gcc 2.7.2 package.
 > 
 > On linux-kernel,
 > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)  wrote on 22.12.00 in <E149NvR-0004Kz-00@the-village.bc.nu>:
 > 
 > > For i386
 > >
 > > 2.2.18
 > > 	gcc 2.7.2 or egcs-1.1.2
 > > 	gcc 2.95 and current Red Hat 2.96 both seem to generate valid kernels
 > > 		but are not recommended (insufficient testing)
 > >
 > > 2.4.0test
 > > 	egcs-1.1.2
 > > 	(gcc 2.95 miscompiles some of the long long uses)
 > > 	Red Hat's 2.96 seems to generate valid kernels but don't expect
 > > 		sympathy if you report a bug in one built that way