Re: linux 2.0.x will not compile on unstable
On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 05:59:03PM +0100, Edward Betts wrote:
> Potato uses egc as the standard C compiler. But, linux 2.0.x will not compile
> with a version of gcc greater than 2.7.2.x, when I tried to compile the code I
> got the error message:
> ----
> This code is tested with gcc 2.7.2.x only. Using egcs/gcc 2.8.x needs
> additional patches that have not been sufficiently tested to include by default.
>
> See http://www.suse.de/~florian/kernel+egcs.html for more information Remove
> this if you have applied the gcc 2.8/egcs patches and wish to use them.
> ----
> I am about to download and apply the patches, but I am not sure if they will
> work. I have to use the 2.0.36 kernel, 2.2.7, won't handle my sound card or
> extra mono display. Could gcc be made avaliable by alternatives so I could set
> CC=gcc272 in the kernel makefile, could I have two versions of gcc installed
> at once, or is that not possible? I will probably end up installing gcc on my
> firewall (a machine running slink), and compile the kernel there, not an
> optimal situation, I know.
Actually you can do just that :) Install the gcc272 package and add
CC=gcc272 to your kernel make commands (or set CC in your env). This is
perfectly fine to do.
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