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Re: gcc 2.95.2

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Subject: Re: gcc 2.95.2
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:15:53 -0600
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from GCS <gcs@agentsinside.com> of "Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:07:03 +0100." <20010314170703.A31662@esparrall.udg.es>
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Hi,

I cannot speak for 2.95.2, but I can say that 2.96 (including the latest
redhat patched version) does not work at all. I can work past the compile
errors, but then I end up with failing mounts. Unfortunately at the moment
we do not have the bandwidth to be in the compiler debugging business.

Steve

> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On SZE, MAR 14, 2001 at 04:27:36 +0100, CioccarelliA wrote:
> 
> > this question has probably been done to death but is gcc 2.95.2 a reliable
> > compiler for the current (CVS) xfs kernel?
>  Well, I have Debian 2.2rev2 with gcc 2.95.2-13, and about a week ago I can
> not compile the kernel (from the CVS). Anyhow, I have an other box, also
> Debian 2.2rev2, but I did some upgrades from testing, such as gcc. Now I use
> 2.95.3-5, and it was fine all the time. I had some misterious crashes in the
> past (switching from XFree to a console left my screen totally black, and
> the computer stopped responding; no alt+sysrq trick). But that time I used
> VMWare also. Thus I think it is more related to VMWare.
> 
> > CVS kernel compiled with 2.95.2 and haven't had any huge problems.
>  What distribution do you have?
> Regards, GCS




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