[ILUG] Redhat 7.1

John P. Looney john at antefacto.com
Tue Apr 17 12:39:45 IST 2001


On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:37:19PM +0100, Brendan Kehoe mentioned:
> > > So when I want to recompile my kernel, what version of the compiler shoudl I
> > > be using, and where can I get it?
> > > 405Mb......
> In the (new) thread on RH7.1 on slashdot, someone from redhat says that since
> they've moved to a 2.4 kernel, the kgcc reliance is gone since the kernel code
> that was incorrect for the newer compiler has been revised to be valid, and
> thus the compiler lets it yield correct code.

 I still don't accept that. I had a lot of instabilities that left, once I
started recompiling my 2.4.3 kernel on a mandrake box, instead of my own.

Kate

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