[Qemu-devel] Re: Debian blues (Re: Problem compiling with gcc 3.3 on 2.6.14 (Debian))

[Emmanuel Charpentier <charpent@bacbuc.dyndns.org>]

Gwenole Beauchesne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>Case in point : I distinctly reember reading a convoluted thread in one 
>>of the Debian lists about this /etc/alternative issue for gcc... Was I 
>>drunk ? Or what ?
> 
> 
> I don't know what all this rant is about

The idiocy of having a system perfectly able to handle alternative 
packages ... except when it isn't, for reasons too obscure to be 
understood by a 31-year computer user (yes, I wrote my first Fortran 
program in 1974..) when he isnt a dedicated system maintainer. I *use* 
computers, dammit, I have not too much time to play system administrator....

>                                          but it's always best to keep the 
> system compiler as chosen by the distributor.

That's exactly what I was trying to do. Debian has switched to GCC 4 for 
kernels. But (parts of) QEMU) need gcc 3.4. Hence the raindance..

>                                                If you want to use 
> alternatives, use CC overrides or other configure option.

I missed the doc-"howto" for these options. Last time I tried, I ended 
up with "Incorrect module format" errores and/or bad compilations 
errors. I gave up and learned to change compilers...

>>If you can suggest a more steamlined way, I'd be happy to hear from it, 
>>and even more happy to read it on Fabrice's pages or somewhere in the 
>>documentation...
> 
> 
> Use DKMS for kqemu modules?

No such thing on Debian. They have a (supposedly) nice system 
("module-assistant") for compilong out-of-tree modules... which I never 
quite figured out. When I need an out-oft-tree kernel (which is rare 
nowadays), I still roll my own kernel, à la Neanderthal...

					Emmanuel Charpentier