Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:06:18 +0600 (LKT) | From | Anuradha Ratnaweera <> | Subject | Re: recommended gcc compiler version |
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On 24 Dec 2000, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> anuradha@gnu.org (Anuradha Ratnaweera) wrote on 22.12.00 in <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012221746160.320-100000@bee.lk>: > > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > For i386 > > > > > > 2.2.18 > > > gcc 2.7.2 or egcs-1.1.2 > > > > Just a remainder for debian users. There is a debian package gcc272 which > > is said to be the "GNU C compiler's C part", for "backword compatibility > > purposes". I recompiled my kernel after an > > > > apt-get install gcc272 > > > > and after setting > > > > HOSTGCC = gcc272 > > > > in kernel source tree Makerile. > > I recently compiled 2.2.18 and noticed that make-kpkg (from kernel-package > - don't compile kernels on Debian without it!) did that automatically.
That is a very good thing. It would have been even better if the dependencies of the kernel-package does include gcc272 rather than giving a "command not found" error when make-kpkg is run without gcc272 installed. It might leave a new user clueless.
Anuradha
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