Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:51:00 +0100 | From | Nick Warne <> | Subject | Re: 3.15.2 build error on AMD64 |
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On 30/06/14 14:26, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:24:23PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> Btw, I thought you had that gcc 4.2.x from some distro or so. Because >> if it is in some ancient distro, one could install it in kvm and test >> and play with it. > > Ok, I did dig out an ancient debian I had lying around here with gcc > 4.1.2. The patch I pointed you at does really fix the issue. So all is > fine and solved now. :-)
Ummm, interesting.
But is it solved?
Suppose developer a.n.other submits a patch that works with his/her GCC version but doesn't with some other GCC version. I guess this will be picked up in GIT build tests, but that only then tells everybody to upgrade GCC or find a patch that fixes the issue (like you did, but I couldn't find it).
Is there a document or something that stipulates what is the minimum version[s] of GCC to build a particular version of the kernel? If not, perhaps this is something that needs addressing.
Nick -- "A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation." FSF Associate Member 5508 http://linicks.net/ http://pi.linicks.net/
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