ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-07 Thread Eddie Chen
I am getting error in compiling "ibm.c" in ebdic.h function "codepage_convert" when I try to rebuild the kernel. In file included from /oracle/ora901/dbs/usr/src/linux-2.4.7.SuSE/include/asm/lowcore.h:87," from /oracle/ora901/dbs/usr/src/linux-2.4.7.SuSE/include/asm/sy

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-08 Thread Ulrich Weigand
Eddie Chen wrote: >I am getting error in compiling "ibm.c" in ebdic.h function >"codepage_convert" when I try to rebuild the kernel. I would not recommend building kernel 2.4.7 with gcc 3.2, because the kernel is rather sensitive w.r.t. compiler version, and there are several cases where

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-09 Thread Alan Cox
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 00:33, Ulrich Weigand wrote: > I would not recommend building kernel 2.4.7 with gcc 3.2, because > the kernel is rather sensitive w.r.t. compiler version, and there are > several cases where old kernels contain constructs that old compilers > accepted, but cause either compil

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-09 Thread Eddie Chen
How about GCC-3.0.5 level???

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-09 Thread Ulrich Weigand
Eddie Chen wrote: >How about GCC-3.0.5 level??? More or less the same problems. Bye, Ulrich -- Dr. Ulrich Weigand [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-14 Thread Post, Mark K
: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2 -snip- People should be using at least 2.4.19 if they have untrusted local users, and probably at least 2.4.9 if not.

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-14 Thread Vic Cross
Alan Cox wrote: > People should be using at least 2.4.19 if they have untrusted local users Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that make it better for that purpose? Cheers, Vic Cross

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-14 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:04, you wrote: > > People should be using at least 2.4.19 if they have untrusted local users > > Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that > make it better for that purpose? I _suppose_ it contains the fixes mentioned at http://rhn.redhat.com

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
At 15:21 15-10-02 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that > > make it better for that purpose? > >The 2.4.18-5 kernel introduced some safety checks in the VM subsystem that >were triggered when exiting an X session while using 3