> 9-Apr-98 10:40 you wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > This is a little off topic but I have seen quite a few messages here
> > about egcs and glibc affecting kernel compiles, so here goes.
> glibc coould not affect kernel compilation -- kernel does not use lib or glibc...
> If course broken glibc (or libc) could broke compiler but this VERY rare
> cases. new binutils, gcc (egcs, pgcc, etc.) could affect compilation (especially
> for APM support), but most parts written in C are safe. I am using pgcc for
> last two month (currently 1.0.2 -- I not dislike snapshots) for all compilations
> including kernel compilations... Latest kernels 2.0.33+ & 2.1.89+ in most cases
> could be compiled without any troubles by gcc 2.8.x, egcs 1.0.x or pgcc 1.0.x...
I don't agree. I compiled 2.0.33+p7 with gcc 2.8.1 ,-m pentium with no problem
but i can not run X after boot it . It has no problem with the gcc 2.7.... but
when compile 2.1.94 it is OK. I have no problem util change to use gcc 2.8.1
Does the egcs or pgcc has the same problems ?
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