On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:38:15PM +1100, david wrote: > When I run vmware-config.pl I get the following warning message: > > Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.2.3", while you are trying to use > "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.4". > > What version am I running? Should I care? vmware-config.pl gives dire > warnings about impending crashes, although I've found two posts on the > net suggesting that I can bypass the warning.
It's warning you because different versions of gcc *might* do things like layout structures differently, meaning the newly built modules *might* get a wrong offset and end-up poking around where they're not supposed to (i.e. ABI compatability). The results could be from nothing at all to all hell breaking loose. However, for a minor version bump like this it is very unlikely anything like that changed in gcc, so you should be fine. If you want to be really sure, re-compile your kernel with the gcc on your system now. -i -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
