[lug] compiling kernel 2.4.0 (a note for RH7 users)

[Atkinson, Chip]

Ok, so it sounds like one could use kgcc for everything and scrap the gcc
3.0 that RH threw in then, right?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Reifschneider [mailto:jafo at tummy.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:02 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] compiling kernel 2.4.0 (a note for RH7 users)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 09:03:37AM -0700, Atkinson, Chip wrote:
> >Just out of curiosity, couldn't one just put gcc 2.91.66, or 
> 2.95.2 for that
> >matter, on their RH 7 machine and all would work fine?
> 
> It's already on there, called "kgcc":
> 
>    guin:kernelpool$ kgcc -v
>    Reading specs from 
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-glibc21-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
>    gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
> 
> If you do "make CC=kgcc", you will get 2.91.66.
> 
> Sean
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