On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > On Monday 21 July 2003 08:02 am, Net Llama! wrote: > > > 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. > > I don't build with modules, I just use the 'everything but the kitchen > sink' approach, and recompile the whole thing and back up the old one. > I might want to make just one change in the config file.
OK, so you build monolithic kernels? IN that case, its a brand new kernel, and shouldn't be a problem. > > > 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. > > It is not clear to me what switches put gcc3 into usr/local/bin (or is > that the default?). Right now my gcc is in usr/bin. /usr/local/bin is the default location for the resulting binaries for gcc-3.x. > > > 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). > > I've heard this is not pleasant. Why would I need to do this? Not to build gcc-3.x, no. However, alot of newer stuff is wanting glibc-2.3.x. You *do* need gcc-3.x to build glibc-2.3.x though. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
