Re: recompiling kernels in Red Hat 7.2

[Eric Peterson <freezer147@charter.net>]

I just tried to recompile the kernel myself with the gcc that came with 
7.2 and it did the exact same thing.
Typical.
I read through the thread on this, but I couldn't really find a solution.
So, if anyone has one ready..

>On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:35:44AM -0600, Casey Boone wrote:
>
>>only thing i can tell you is that i know redhat has taken heat over
>>including a more or less developmental version of gcc with their 7.1 and 7.2
>>distros
>>
>
>The version of gcc included in Red Hat 7.2 compiles the kernel just
>fine.  In fact, it does a better job than most of the "stable"
>releases of gcc in recent memory.
>
>Red Hat included their own version of gcc in order to have a working
>compiler on x86, alpha, and ia64.  They're also using on s390 now.
>
>>has he tried installing a different version of gcc?  i know that the kernel
>>is usually only recommended for compiling on certain versions of gcc
>>
>
>And the recent Red Hat versions of gcc are on a short list of
>recommended compilers for 2.4.x kernels.
>
>Steve
>


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