Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:03:23 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning] |
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> > I disagree. The whole world is not the linux kernel. I think HJ is > > bending over backwards to even offer a switch that turns the error > > into a warning. > > So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux > kernel versions with new binutils do?
Use an older binutils. It's already the case you can't build old kernels with current gcc and binutils, there have been repeated such events over time and nobody has had too much trouble.
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