> > subject says all; I see that sparc uses glib-2.1 and kernel-2.2.1, so > > this should not be a problem. Is there some other reason not make egcs > > the primary compiler for sparc? > > > > Thanks, the Debian EGCS maintainers. > > None that I know of.
In the 2.2.5 announcement Linus mentions that it is suspected that there are some problems with compiling the kernel with egcs: http://lwn.net/daily/2.2.5.html But using gcc-2.7.2.3 for the rest of eternity is probably not the best way of dealing with it ...
