Re: Possible GCC contamination of Linux

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
24 Sep 1999 15:49:34 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.199909222137.RAA32145@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl>,
Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> wrote:
>"Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> said:
>> gcc 2.7.2, gcc 2.7.3, and gcc 2.8.1
>
>Then those are broken, as I stated. Note that all of them are obsolete and
>non-maintained.

If ``-no-builtins'' deals with the problem with the obsolete
compiler that's the only compiler trusted to build the kernel,
what's the problem? This is, after all, the real world, and
it's occasionally useful to work properly with the tools that
you have.

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