From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francis Galiegue Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:49:43 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Recommended compiler for compiling kernels test10 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On 10 Nov 2000, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Francis> Right now I'm using the ia64-final version of gcc, and from > Francis> test10 on a check is done on whether __GNUC_MINOR__ is > Francis> greater than 91. ia64-final returns 9 which is obviously not > Francis> what the kernel expects... > > Which compiler is this? > 2.9-ia64-000216-final > Francis> After commenting this out and fixing by hand quite a lot of > Francis> places, I got it to compile and boot though. But more recent > Francis> snapshots of gcc are available. Are they worth upgrading? > > Yes, you need the latest to compile glibc anyway. > OK, thanks :) -- Francis Galiegue, fg@mandrakesoft.com "Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable idiots. Until now, universe leads the race" -- R. Cook