Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Official kernel stance on EGCS? | Date | Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:37:14 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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John Kennedy <jk@csuchico.edu> said: > [Aaron Tiensivu] > > Will 2.2 freak out if I'm not using gcc 2.7.2.3?
> Until you can submit a grievance with a kernel compiled with egcs > and have people listen to you, stick with gcc-2.7.2.3. (:
It has worked for me... I complained about several problems, posted a patch for another. They got fixed, and now 2.2.0-pre6 compiled fine and works for me (i586/UP, binutils-2.9.1.0.19a)
> linux-2.1 & -2.2 have been more egcs "safe" and egcs tends to work > well for a bunch of people, but it isn't guaranteed. When people find > a problem (which is problem #1: not all problems may have been found) > and get past the finger-pointing stage (problem #2), then they've got > to get a patch past Linus that fixes it in an acceptable way (problem > #3).
Try Alan Cox, he has been quite receptive to egcs-related fixes. He fed them to Linus, who eventually took them up.
If (1) isn't resolved (==> more testing under more situations), (3) won't ever happen. (2) seems to be a thing of the past. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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