Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:57:41PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > > > > > well, and then take the fact that dpkg gcc 2.95.4 is derived from the > > > original > > > sources of gcc 2.95.2.. > > > > > > > I have no idea where you get this from. The comp

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Phil Edwards
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 12:29:06AM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > It's unfortunate, that 2.95.x development got stuck somewhere. There's a limited amount of manpower. If you want to contribute to the 2.95 branch, feel free. The release manager is

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Matthias Klose wrote: > that's some kind of misinformation. 2.95.4 is derived from 2.95.3, > following the gcc-2_95-branch on CVS. ok, accepted, see my previous posting. i really have nothing against 2.95.4 as such... > It's unfortunate, that 2.95.x development got stuck som

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > > well, and then take the fact that dpkg gcc 2.95.4 is derived from the > > original > > sources of gcc 2.95.2.. > > > > I have no idea where you get this from. The compiler core is straight > from GCC's 2.95.4, plus some CVS patches. Yeah, maybe part

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Matthias Klose
Peter Koellner writes: > well, and then take the fact that dpkg gcc 2.95.4 is derived from > the original sources of gcc 2.95.2.. that's some kind of misinformation. 2.95.4 is derived from 2.95.3, following the gcc-2_95-branch on CVS. Documentation/Changes reads: The recommended compiler for t

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:11:53PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > well, and then take the fact that dpkg gcc 2.95.4 is derived from the > original sources of gcc 2.95.2.. That part is just not true. It's a branch snapshot from after the release of 2.95.3. -- Daniel Jacobowitz

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
> > well, and then take the fact that dpkg gcc 2.95.4 is derived from the original > sources of gcc 2.95.2.. > I have no idea where you get this from. The compiler core is straight from GCC's 2.95.4, plus some CVS patches. Yeah, maybe parts like libg++ are still the same version as from 2.95.2,

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On 16 Feb 2002, Martin v. Loewis wrote: > Now, there are unfortunately very comlex interactions between the > compiler version and specific constructs used in the Linux kernel that > may cause miscompilations. However, without investigating the specific > case, nobody can give a recommendation whi

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Martin v. Loewis
Peter Koellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > sure. maybe i did not made quite clear, that i did not expect help with > the compilation error at all, but was asking for the current method to set > up a debian system for kernel development tasks, so that i don't get > a response of "use the right co

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > feasibly give you an answer because there are hundreds of ways that > there could be a problem with the compiler in that case. Our best effort > would simply be to point you to the list of several hundred bugs and let > you peruse them to see if they relat

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:56:22PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > This is definitely a source bug in i810_audio.c. In 2.5.x somewhere, the > > remap_page_range() function changed its expected arguments. Seems this > > driver wasn't updated. > > yes, i

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > This is definitely a source bug in i810_audio.c. In 2.5.x somewhere, the > remap_page_range() function changed its expected arguments. Seems this > driver wasn't updated. yes, i know. the whole point was this: for me as a developer, the first check for in

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:40:01PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > How about telling us the error? We use out 2.95.4 compiler to create out > > own images for Debian kernels. So if you want a sane answer, instead of > > some rambling guesses, supply the

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > How about telling us the error? We use out 2.95.4 compiler to create out > own images for Debian kernels. So if you want a sane answer, instead of > some rambling guesses, supply the damn error. well, as i said... there is no difference in behaviour betwe

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 05:17:53PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > > You'd probably get a better response if you actually explain your > > compile error. > > well, it is known that kernel source is a bit picky about compilers and > kernel developers don'

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Peter Koellner
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > You'd probably get a better response if you actually explain your > compile error. well, it is known that kernel source is a bit picky about compilers and kernel developers don't want to be bothered with bug reports that might be caused by using a differe

Re: gcc-2.95.3

2002-02-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 04:07:38PM +0100, Peter Koellner wrote: > hi! > > i have run into some compilation problems with the 2.5.5 development kernel > and before sending an irrelevant bug report to the kernel code maintainer > i would like to make sure i do use the right compiler version. > kerne