Re: recommended gcc compiler version

From: Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
Date: Sun Dec 24 2000 - 04:14:00 EST


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.

Incidentally, I really like the Flavours patch.

MfG Kai
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