Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ?

Jan Dvorak
2000-11-02T01:09:43Z

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 06:04:38PM -0500, George wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> >kgcc is a redhat'ism. They invented this package because their 2.96 fails
> >compiling a stable kernel. However, it's not a good idea to dist specific
> >code into the official kernel tree.
>
> Big picture.
>
> It may be distribution specific right now, but that doesn't stop other
> distributions from needing it later.

If number of distribution kernel-independent-compilers increase (and it
will, at least until gcc 2.97/3.0 branch stabilize), it will be better to
put in kernel variable (maybe in config) which cc to use. I agree, that this
is not the best thing to do - put such code in kernel, but if it'll be
needed, it can be done as shell script - 'which cc you want to compile
kernel ? (1) gcc (default) (2) kgcc .... (X) Other: ___'.

Jan Dvorak <johnydog@go.cz>