Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:13:55 -0500 | From | "Andrew C. Esh" <> | Subject | Re: Time to remove old gcc support |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Well, Alan Cox has reported that GCC 2.5.8 generates incorrect code > for the networking stuff. That means people will try to compile the > kernel with it, and get bitten by bugs later. Doesn't seem very > stable to me. > > -hpa
Can't we have the make check the compiler version, and fail if it's too old?
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