Re: Kernel 2.0.33 can not be compiled by gcc libc 5.4.23 and 5.4.33?

Mitch Davis (mjd#NOSPAM@nsmd.aus.hp.com)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:28:40 +1100

Blu3Viper wrote:
>
> 1) upgrade gcc to at least 2.7.2.3
> 2) upgrade libc to 5.4.43
>
> do _not_ compile the new gcc with your current compiler. get the binary
> and install it. then compile things.

Hi Dave,

I'm sure you remember the easter egg that Ken Thompson revealed a
few years ago. It's well worth reading:

http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/b/backdoor.html
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/

With this in mind, many people still maintain machines that they have
read _every_ line of source for. To them, running an outside binary
is anathema.

Mitch.

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