-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Phil Sexton wrote: > Ernie Schroder wrote: > >> On Friday 27 January 2006 10:41, a tiny voice compelled Phil Sexton to >> write: >> >>> Ernie Schroder wrote: >>> >>>> I used to know this but I can't find info today. How do I tell which >>>> version of gcc was used to compile my kernel? >>> >>> >>> This should do it: >>> gcc -v >>> >> >> >> Maybe I wasn't clear enough Phil, I suspected that my kernel was built >> with an old gcc and my nvidia modules with my current version >> (gcc-3.4.4-r1). >> Andres' suggestion (cat /proc/version) was what I needed. >> >> $ cat /proc/version >> <snip> >> (gcc version 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8)) #1 Fri >> Dec 9 15:39:27 EST 2005 > > > I most likely don't fully understand the difference between the > two/three commands and I was going by a vague memory from a couple of > years back. > > Could someone expound on these 3 commands? I don't really understand > the man and info pages on these. > > gcc -v > gcc --version > (I thought the previous two were the same.) > cat /proc/version > > Does one or more show the currently being used gcc and another show a > previous version used for some other earlier compile(s)? > > TIA >
Well, you can have upgraded GCC and have compiled your RUNNING kernel with your old gcc version. If you run `gcc -v` you only will get your NEW gcc version, but he wanted to know with which version did he compile his kernel, and is not with `gcc -v`. You can check it out with `cat /proc/version`. Bye, Rafael Fernández López. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD2mUZ9RRlaicc3IERAviSAJ4qEinUJ/Ymwe+ZCQdw2DRcLaWA3gCfe5wE r2HLnubJjueN7v3cyY0/4b4= =Qqt5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
