Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ?

Kurt Garloff
2000-11-01T22:58:22Z

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 11:40:58PM +0100, J . A . Magallon wrote:
> I have noticed that in latest patch for 2.4.0, the global Makefile
> no more tries to find a kgcc, and falls back to gcc.
> I suppose because 2.7.2.3 is no more good for kernel, but still you
> can use 2.91, 2.95.2 or 2.96(??). Is that a patch that leaked in
> the way to test10, or is for another reason ?.

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.

Regards,
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