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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: gcc-2.5? Date: 29 Oct 1993 05:49:40 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2aqatk$e6e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2apjmh$8ub@news.ysu.edu> <2apvc3$dj7@pdq.coe.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu In article <2apvc3$dj7@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: > >However, this doesn't answer your question, but I would recommend against >using gcc2.5.0a (especially for the kernel). > On the other hand, Nate thinks we should still be using gcc1, and at that, I think gcc-1.39, so take this with a grain of salt. I riffled through the ChangeLog stuff for 2.5.0a, and most of the 386 specific changes were for some of the OSF stuff (osfrose, etc), and a few Linux things, and some stuff that looked like plain old bug fixes, as opposed to changes or enhancements. It doesn't look like there should be much trouble, but I'm not a gcc internals expert either. Try it. If it don't work, go back. Nate's advice about the kernel is probably sound, but it might be fun to try. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu