zentara wrote:
>
> At 3/9/99 5:45:00 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >zentara wrote:
> >> ...
> >> Basically:
> >> 1. You need egcs to compile the 2.2.* kernal, so remove
> >> package "gcc front" if you installed it.
> >
> >Wasn�t it the otherway round? As far as I remember, you needed gcc to
> >compile the kernel. Or did you *definately* need gcc for the 2.0.x
> >series only?
> >
> >curiously ...
> >
>
> I guess you are right. Gcc is needed for the 2.0 kernels,
> but the 2.2 can use either egcs or gcc.
> However, I believe the 2.2 series were INTENDED to
> be compiled with egcs.
> I guess people with 5.3 and want the 2.2 series kernel,
> can compile with gcc; but I would expect them to run
> into problems.
> The 2.2 series is written with libc6 in mind, so was egcs.
>
All right then. Sometimes, one misses some important points. I didn�t
install egcs, because I use the c-compiler only for compiling kernels.
Some packages (like FORTRAN) preselected egcs again. Since I am planing
to move to 2.2.2 (System restored after my big crash) this makes things
*much* easier.
thanks!
Juergen
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