Makefile could check gcc version?

Ian Soboroff (ian@cs.umbc.edu)
04 Oct 1999 09:55:00 -0400

i was going to hack up a patch in the Copious Free Time, but until
that happens ;-) since there's a lot of misunderstandings about which
compiler should build working kernels, couldn't the makefile take some
time to check the gcc version string and make an appropriate
recommendation?

i mean, between the Will of Linus (2.7.2.3), and Alan's testing for
RedHat (some egcs versions work (1.2.1? i still use 2.7.2.x)), and
lots of bug reports for 2.95.x, it should be pretty easy to just dump
out at least a warning for those using bleeding-edge compilers...

thoughts?
ian

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Ian Soboroff                                       ian@cs.umbc.edu
University of MD Baltimore County      http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~ian


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