Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-31 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
Wrong. What compiler do you think Red Hat uses to compile their 2.4 kernels? (they use 2.96 on 7.x) what do they use for RH8.0? I've been unable to compile a kernel with either gcc 3.1 or 2.96 (both latest rpms from RedHat). ld -m elf_i386 -r -o parport.o share.o ieee1284.o ieee1284_ops.o

Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-31 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 00:39:18 -0600, mark wrote: Several folks say I should ignore my friend, and that gcc 2.96 is just fine. Wrong. About a week ago, *I* was compiling a new kernel, 2.4.19 (seems to be the real stable release). I was getting

Re[2]: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-31 Thread Brian Ashe
Hello mark, Thursday, October 31, 2002, 1:39:18 AM, you textually orated: m Several folks say I should ignore my friend, and that gcc 2.96 is just fine. m Wrong. m About a week ago, *I* was compiling a new kernel, 2.4.19 (seems to be the m real stable release). I was getting SEGVs, alternating

GCC 2.96 FUD alert [Was: Re: Major problem with compat-gcc]

2002-10-30 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 30 October 2002 03:55 pm, mark wrote: On Wednesday 30 October 2002 10:55 am, you is done writ: I have attempted to compile rpms for 7.3 using the files in compat-gcc rpms However after using CC=gcc296 CXX=g++296 To quote an

Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-30 Thread mark
Several folks say I should ignore my friend, and that gcc 2.96 is just fine. Wrong. About a week ago, *I* was compiling a new kernel, 2.4.19 (seems to be the real stable release). I was getting SEGVs, alternating with undefined functions or variables. I finally succeded only by doing the make

Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-30 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:39:18AM -0600, mark wrote: also work but is not as safe, and *gcc 2.7.2.3 is no longer supported*. Ok? No FUD, personal knowledge, and documented in the source. Nope. Its still FUD. Read further, ./Documentation/Changes: Note that gcc 2.7.2.3 is no longer a

Re: GCC 2.96 FUD alert

2002-10-30 Thread David
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, mark wrote: Several folks say I should ignore my friend, and that gcc 2.96 is just fine. Recent versions are. Wrong. What compiler do you think Red Hat uses to compile their 2.4 kernels? (they use 2.96 on 7.x) About a week ago, *I* was compiling a new kernel, 2.4.19