Matthew WOW! Thanks very much for instructions.
Daniel Quoting "Matthews, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > GCC 3.x is stricter than GCC 2.95.3 that's what all the "scary > warnings" are you read about. > > If the developers for the project your compiling adhered to > standards a little closer they probably would not run into problems. > A lot > of code out there is a little sloppy. Older versions of GCC did not > complain as much, so the code was allowed to compile. > > If you want to use a different compiler on your system you should > look into building the compiler yourself. It's pretty easy. Untar > the > sources to a directory, then create a peer directory called build. > Go into > build and invoke the configure from the sources. You will probably > want to > specify a --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3, so that all the files go > into > their own directory. This makes it easier to maintain a bunch of > different > compilers on the machine. If you want shared libs you have specify > a > --shared-enabled or an option very close to this. I typically build > shared > libs and specify --enable-threads=posix. > > "../gcc-2.95.3_source/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-2.95.3 > --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix" These options are what I > generally > use. > > Then do a "make bootstrap" and a little while later your compiler > will be > built. > Do a "make install". Now you should have everything installed to > /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3. You will then need to play around with your > library > path if you want to build projects with the new compiler and use > shared > libs. The libs you'll need are in /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/lib this is > not > part of the standard shared lib path. There are a few ways to fix > this, it > all depends on how you want to configure your system. > > If you run into problems send me an email and I'll help you. I do > this kind > of thing a lot. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Sheltraw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: GCC and Redhat 8.0 > > > Hello Again > > > > > > > So was this the kcc or kgcc compiler, or was that something > > else > > > > > altogether ? > > > > > > > > Yes, kgcc. > > > > > > I doubt it. I don't even have kgcc installed, and no problem > > building > > > anything. I think kgcc was just a 7.x creature, back when early > > 2.96 > > > compilers had trouble with kernel building. Later 2.96 build > > kernels > > > fine (as do 3.x): > > > > Yes, the point I was trying to make was that kgcc (or even old gcc > > versions) haven't been included recently because the default > compiler > > *is* > > the compiler used for the kernel. The reference to kgcc was just > to > > demonstrate that RH would certainly have provided a kernel-capable > > compiler if their current gcc didn't do the job (at least as far > as > > their > > own QA goes). > > > The reason for my initial question about the GCC 3.2 compiler and > a compiler fit for kernel work is that a remembered the problem > with GCC 2.96. I am patching a 2.4.20 kernel with the RTAI > real-time executive patch. The latest RTAI patch says in a README > file that the GCC 3.2 compiler gives lots of scarey warnings > when used to do the compile and I would rather avoid this problem > despite the fact that the build is reported to work. So, recalling > that in the Redhat 7.2 there was another compiler besides the > 2.96, I was wondering if RedHat 8.0 contains a 2.95.3 compiler > somewhere which can be installed. My understanding is that 2.95 > is still the "official" compiler for kernel work. > > Thanks again > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .com?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
