Re: Quick Q: Kernel compiling gcc295/gcc272?
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 08:45:50PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently compiled my kernel. However, reading through the docs that came
> with gcc it says clearly that compiling the kernel should be done with
> gcc272 and not gcc295. I had gcc295 loaded by tasksel and the fine print
> said not to worry if you had gcc295 because if you used the kernel-pacage it
> called on gcc272 by itself.
>
> Q: Looking at my package list I don't see gcc272 on it. Am I in trouble for
> having run this on gcc295 even with the kernel-package? Or did in fact use
> gcc273 somehow, as it stated, and it's not listed?
Don't worry -- it is fine by now to compile the kernel with gcc 2.95.
If you are still worried, you can install the gcc272 package and
recompile. But don't worry.
Chris
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