Re: Another case of "getfh failed: Operation not permitted"

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 22:19 12-7-2001 +0200, Orn E. Hansen wrote:
> fimmtudagur 12. júlí 2001 21:43, Jarkko Santala skrifaði:
> >
> > Yep, I read it and that's why I tried it. ;) The linux/Makefile did claim
> > the standard RedHat 7.1 gcc to be usable though...
> >
>
>   Compiling it with gcc does work for vanilla kernels, RH 7.1 on i386
> (Athlon) and XFS-1.0.1.

It's machine dependent. There are people using this combination that 
exhibit problems.
I even do, I don't use it because it tends to cause vague problems for 
which I don't have time to debug them. I have removed gcc from my test 
systems so I don't accidentally do.

I was fighting weird problems to day with a utility that loads the firmware 
in Eicon Diva Server cards.
It was givinginvalid argument messages untill I replaced the compiler with 
kgcc.

I also have a number of userspace utility's that don't compile with gcc.

Note that this is with gcc-2.96-85
So updated or not, it still sucks in my not so humble opinion.

Cheers

--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.