>>>>> "Frederik" == Frederik Vanrenterghem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Frederik> Hi, I'm encountering some problems building a new kernel
Frederik> (2.4.0test10) on my Woody box (Asus A7 with AMD Duron). I figure
Frederik> this is due to the fact woody is using some new version of gcc?
Frederik> Therefor, I've looked through all the information I could
Frederik> imagine, and came up with this solution: building my own gcc (gcc
Frederik> 2.91). Unfortunately, this doesn't work. That's why I got the
Frederik> source of gcc 2.95.2 and tried compiling that one myself, which
Frederik> broke off with the same error I got while trying to compile 2.91:
Frederik> indstream.cc:XX: 'struct streampos' used where a 'int' was
Frederik> expected, with XX some numbers.
FWIW, I successfully compiled 2.4.0test10 on my woody box, using gcc 2.95.2
packaged in woody.
What problems are you getting when you try to build the kernel?
Frederik> So, how should I compile these versions of gcc on my machine, or
Frederik> can I find some pre-compiled versions somewhere? (apt-cache
Frederik> search gcc only showed gcc 2.72, which is no longer supported for
Frederik> building the newer kernels according to the documentation...)
gcc 2.95.2 should be in Woody. In fact, IIRC, it's in Potato too.
Hubert
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