Re: Question about kernel update

["Joe St.Clair" <ksimach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric, I have both the SGI_XFS 17.7.x kernal and the 17.7.x Kernel for 
RedHat 7.1.  
When I check for dependencies of the RedHat kernel all seem ok.
When I check for dependencies on the SGI built kernel I recieve the 
following warnings on either the kernel and/or the command tools.
---------------------------
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
perl(strict)
LATEXFILE
/opt/cpg/bin/do-mgp
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I can get rebuild all of the SGI_XFS command tools from SRPMS and they 
will check ok.  But when I attempt to build the kernel from SGI_XFS 
source I am informed I need   gcc >= 2.96-98, my current version is 
gcc-2.96-85.

I assume (quite possibly incorrectly) that if I update gcc then I should 
be able to continue with the build.
As gcc has been updated (via RedHat up2date) at least once, I assume 
that it could be updated again.  Am I incorrect in this?
Would it be better if I was to rebuild the gcc update on my current system?



Eric Sandeen wrote:

> Ok, I'm pretty confused by this.  :)
>
> The only difference I see between the "stock" kernel spec files for
> 17.7.x and 17.8.0 is:
>
> -%define release 17.7.x
> +%define release 17.8.0
>
> (i.e. no gcc differences)
>
> and the only differences between the 17.?.? Red Hat specfiles, and our
> specfile, (aside from the release name) are the XFS patches.
>
> I see "BuildRequires: gcc >= 2.96-98" in the 17.7.x specfiles as well,
> but I only see gcc-2.96-85 for RH 7.1, so I don't know how you're
> supposed to rebuild it on 7.1, or why you seem to be able to.
>
> So I'm stumped.  :)
>
> -Eric
>
>
>  


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Joseph St.Clair - KSI Machine & Engineering