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Re: Old packages no longer necessary?



Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> I was just browsing through the dselect listing today, and I noticed that
> gcc-2.95  (I run unstable) is still installed.  Since we are now at gcc-3.2 and
> 3.3 is on the way, is this package still necessary?  Can I safely remove it? 

You only need it if you want to build working kernel modules packages to
go with debian's precompiled kernel packages. Also Linus  & co still
recommend 2.95 for kernel building, which is why we still use it for
that.

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