From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDCT-000465-Nf for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:22:09 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDCQ-000444-Iq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:22:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDCK-00040E-3q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:22:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58041 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjDCJ-0003zy-Ot for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:21:59 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:37007) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDCI-0002nx-AE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:21:59 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8] helo=aybabtu.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDCH-0007RL-MY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:21:58 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDCF-00051v-Js; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:21:55 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MjDCF-0001mC-1F; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:21:55 +0200 Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:21:55 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090903142155.GD6656@thorin> References: <20090901.152301.07080588.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090901.152301.07080588.davem@davemloft.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Cc: phcoder@gmail.com Subject: Re: Require at least gcc 4.2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:22:07 -0000 On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 03:23:01PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: "Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:12:20 +0200 > > > Even if gcc<4.2 seem to work ok I think we shouldn't waste resources > > on it and officially declare a minimal requirement ("you're free to go > > under requirement but don't post bugreports if you do") > > You're making it such that I won't be able to do development on my > main sparc development machine, which is using gcc-4.1.3 > > In my view, this is going a bit overboard as a method to address this > problem. Why not just skip the check? (e.g. --disable-gcc-check) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."