On Monday 21 July 2003 08:02 am, Net Llama! wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been > > running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems > > I might have if I install 3.3. Specifically > > I just wrote a gcc-3.3 SxS.
I just started to read this after I posted. > > > a) will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my 2.4.4 > > kernel previously compiled with 2.95.2? > > Looks like Redhat has built a 2.4.21 kernel with gcc-3.3. Now I > don't know what you mean by a 'small change'. I'd say that its not a > good idea to build new kernel modules with one compiler, and the > kernel with another, regardless of the versions of gcc. I don't build with modules, I just use the 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach, and recompile the whole thing and back up the old one. I might want to make just one change in the config file. <snip> > > c) Is there some clever way that I might switch between 2.95.2 and > > 3.3? gcc at the command line presumably knows only my most recent > > compiler. > > See my SxS. There are a few different tricks, but i've found setting > the CC env var to the location of the gcc that you wish to use to be > the best solution. It is not clear to me what switches put gcc3 into usr/local/bin (or is that the default?). Right now my gcc is in usr/bin. > > > General suggestions about switching would be appreciated. > > I've not run into any gcc specific problems since upgrading. Now > going to glibc-2.3.x is another story altogether (mucho headaches). I've heard this is not pleasant. Why would I need to do this? Thanks! -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd Rather Be Sailing" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
