Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:20:07 +0200 | From | Tomas Szepe <> | Subject | Re: 2.6-test2: gcc-3.3.1 warning. |
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> [jamagallon@able.es] > > > Does Mandrake also ship "stable" distributions w/ kernels compiled using > > gcc 3.3-whatever or is that idiocy suse-specific? > > Tell me a distro that ships pristine www.kernel.org kernels o release > gcc's, without any 'backported patch from xxx-1234 to correct PR1234'.
Slackware (whenever possible).
> What is the difference between backporting a patch from 3.3.1-pre to 3.3, > and using 3.3.1-pre directly ? Ah, that you get less bug corrected.
Large. 3.3 is a development series. It DOES introduce new stuff.
In production environments you definitely want to stick with 3.2.3 or (better yet) 2.95.3.
$ head -4 Makefile VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 4 SUBLEVEL = 22 EXTRAVERSION = -pre8 $ grep 'recommended compiler' Documentation/Changes The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it
> And no, at least in my case, this is not a stable Mandrake, it is Cooker, > the equivalent of RawHide. Latest stable shiped a kernel built with 3.2.3,
Ok.
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