Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:04:38 -0500 (EST) | From | George <> | Subject | Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? |
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Kurt Garloff wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 11:40:58PM +0100, J . A . Magallon wrote: >> I have noticed that in latest patch for 2.4.0, the global Makefile >> no more tries to find a kgcc, and falls back to gcc. >> I suppose because 2.7.2.3 is no more good for kernel, but still you >> can use 2.91, 2.95.2 or 2.96(??). Is that a patch that leaked in >> the way to test10, or is for another reason ?. > >kgcc is a redhat'ism. They invented this package because their 2.96 fails >compiling a stable kernel. However, it's not a good idea to dist specific >code into the official kernel tree.
Big picture.
It may be distribution specific right now, but that doesn't stop other distributions from needing it later.
-- -George Greer
(It's not like it's "redhat-gcc", which would qualify as specific.)
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