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From: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
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Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: ReiserFS Oops (2.4.1, deterministic, symlink
To: alan@redhat.com (Alan Cox)
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:49:49 -0500 (EST)
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Alan Cox writes:
> [Albert Cahalan]
>> David Woodhouse writes:

>>>  -a "$CC" = "gcc"
>> 
>> Not worth it; they should upgrade the local gcc too.
>> If anything, they are getting a reminder that they need.
>
> The local gcc has no bearing on the compiler. The local
> compiler might not even be gcc - eg if they are cross
> building off non Linux systems

I know, and it still doesn't matter. So we test Solaris cc.
If it happens to have the same bug as gcc 2.96, then it is
broken and ought to be replaced.

I wouldn't want "menuconfig" messed up by a broken compiler,
even if I'm cross-compiling from HP-UX to sh4 Linux.
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