Re: Time to remove old gcc support

Andrew C. Esh (andrewes@cnt.com)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:13:55 -0500

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Well, Alan Cox has reported that GCC 2.5.8 generates incorrect code
> for the networking stuff. That means people will try to compile the
> kernel with it, and get bitten by bugs later. Doesn't seem very
> stable to me.
>
> -hpa

Can't we have the make check the compiler version, and fail if it's too old?

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