Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:11:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:11:28 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:5671 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:11:14 -0500 Subject: Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ? To: garloff@suse.de (Kurt Garloff) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:12:30 +0000 (GMT) Cc: jamagallon@able.es (J . A . Magallon), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux kernel list) In-Reply-To: <20001101235734.D10585@garloff.etpnet.phys.tue.nl> from "Kurt Garloff" at Nov 01, 2000 11:57:34 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > kgcc is a redhat'ism. They invented this package because their 2.96 fails > compiling a stable kernel. > However, it's not a good idea to dist specific code into the official kernel > tree. The changes in 2.2.18pre for picking the compiler are actually for multiple distributions. The 'kgcc' convention isnt a Red Hat invention btw. Its from Conectiva. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/