Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Good luck when RedHat 7.0 comes out (was RE: test5 oops after kswapd)... | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 01 Aug 2000 21:13:23 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:
Matthias> On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> Thats totally irrelevant, gcc-2.95.2 whether it's considered a >> release or not is unable to compile the 2.2.x kernels - well known >> issue that will not get fixed. One should not do that it's as >> simple as that.
Matthias> I'm compiling my 2.2 kernels ever since gcc-2.95.2 came out Matthias> without any problems, so the "gcc-2.95.2 cannot compile Matthias> 2.2.x kernels" cannot apply to many of the subsystems that Matthias> I'm using. No crashes, no lockups that are not Matthias> hardware-related, no oopses. So why should I use egcs 1.1.2 Matthias> if 2.95.2 does the job? There is no reason NOT to use that Matthias> latest gcc release.
Just because it seems to compile the specific configuration you are using does NOT mean it will compile everything else correctly. Is that really so hard to understand?
Jes
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