On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > I see that more and more stuff will require gcc 3.3 and I've been > running gcc 2.95.2. So can someone tell me what potential problems I > might have if I install 3.3. Specifically
I just wrote a gcc-3.3 SxS. > a) will 3.3 prevent me from now making small changes in my 2.4.4 kernel > previously compiled with 2.95.2? Looks like Redhat has built a 2.4.21 kernel with gcc-3.3. Now I don't know what you mean by a 'small change'. I'd say that its not a good idea to build new kernel modules with one compiler, and the kernel with another, regardless of the versions of gcc. > b) Will I need some special tools to go with 3.3 (I'll of course read > the read me about things I'll need for 3.3) See my SxS. > c) Is there some clever way that I might switch between 2.95.2 and 3.3? > gcc at the command line presumably knows only my most recent compiler. See my SxS. There are a few different tricks, but i've found setting the CC env var to the location of the gcc that you wish to use to be the best solution. > General suggestions about switching would be appreciated. I've not run into any gcc specific problems since upgrading. Now going to glibc-2.3.x is another story altogether (mucho headaches). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
