Re: 5000 emails later, compressed summary ;)

ketil@ii.uib.no
04 Jun 1998 09:50:28 +0200


Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> writes:

> #if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 6)
> #error sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
> +#elif __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 7)
> +#error sorry, your GCC is too new. 2.0.x kernels should be compiled with GCC 2.7.2.x
> #endif

Just in case this is meant seriously, could we have #warn instead of
#error? So that I won't have to /&%$$%## fix things every time I patch
up my tree.

Yes, lusers are going to ignore or overlook the warning, but lusers are
also going to complain why the compiler they have won't work anymore,
when it has (I've used egcs since long, never had a problem. Others may
have, but from what I gather, they are rare) up to this point.

~kzm

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