Re: compiling kernel
GCS said:
>> Stable gcc for stable kernel, and testing gcc for testing kernel?
> ? There's no such relationship.
>
>> I've done 2.4.22 with gcc 3.2.3 (gcc testing) and it appeared to work
>> correctly.
> 3.2.3 is _not_ a test version of gcc. There's a newer one, fe I have
> 3.3.3 installed. Please be sure that you do not mix up the Debian
> testing distribution (Sarge) with test versions of software. Sarge is
> testing because the developers assembly the packages to work _together_,
> they have correct dependencies, configuration etc. Also mostly they
> package the _stable_ version of software.
I was not implying that the testing distribution was an unstable
collection. I stand corrected I was referring to gcc 3.3 which is part of
sarge.
Thanks for correction.
> Anyway, I have many machines, three of them running with kernel 2.6.0,
> compiled with gcc 3.3; no problems.
What a man, I'm not touching 2.6.0 until it's in the 10 release.
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--Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman
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