why won't 2.6.0-test4 compile\

[Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca>]

hi everyone,

haven't been able to get kerel 2.6.0-test4 to compile on my mixed
sid/sarge machine.  I have gcc 2.95, 3.2, and 3.3 installed, and have
tried setting HOSTCC to gcc-2.95 and gcc-3.2, but even in the
best-case scenario I still get massive compiler errors.  In the best
case scenarios, using make-kpkg,  this happens only after the bzImage has been compiled,
usually late in the module-compiling process.  Module-init-tools is
installed, the compiler versions are uptodate.  Before I mail everyone the long and tiresome error messages, 

- is there something crucial that I'm missing?

- Is it sufficient to set HOSTCC, or do I need to modify the Makefile
in some other way (or, perhaps better, set the CC variables from the
shell)?

compiling the non-debian way, I'm able to make the bzImage, but nothing else.  

Anyway, thanks, 

matt