Re: ___ 2.0.34-pre11 (and pre16 too) /dev/mem broken???

Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Wed, 03 Jun 1998 16:25:54 +0100

>development glibc v2.1 releases requires gcc-2.8.1. :o( I don't really
>want to have to upgrade to gcc-2.8.1 in order to use glibc v2.1, when I
>have a perfectly good v2.7.2.3 compiler! Whose *insert your favourite
>expletive here* decision was this, and why?

It wasn't a deliberate decision. 2.7.2.x has bugs that cause it to miscompile
the glibc code.

You can install several different versions of gcc and select between them with
the -V switch. This may help you. Alternatively, 2.1 kernels seem OK when
compiled with gcc 2.8 or egcs.

p.

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