On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:33:26PM +0100, Petr Cech wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:28:25AM -0500 , Chris L. Mason wrote: > > > Right, good point. In fact I did use gcc272 for the actual compile. But > > > neither gcc272 or gcc 2.95.3 compiled mkdep.c properly. Hmm, I wonder if
> > hmm. I wonder how could we compile it in the first place, given there was no > > other compiler. > i am guessing that it is a library issue. we have newer libraries > (glibc) that the older kernels may not care for so much. While a 2.0 kernel may not /run/ with a given glibc, I'm puzzled as to how having a newer glibc would keep the kernel from compiling. The kernel is supposed to be self-contained, w/ no dependencies on any outside libraries, is it not? Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
