| Date | Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:57:34 +0100 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? |
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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.
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