Doug Crompton on 13 Dec 2005 01:41:30 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] gcc versions


On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Art Clemons wrote:
>
> When compiling something like for example the alsa modules, you have to
> use the same compiler used to compile the kernel you're using or strange
> things can happen.  I've switched to gcc 3.4.4 and haven't had major
> issues using it.
> I'ld suggest recompiling your kernel if you're switching compilers, it
> seems to prevent a lot of problems.
> ___________________________________________________________________________

Ok. Yes I have heard that mix and match can be a problem but am I opening
a whole new can of worms by back tracking? Would this not mean that a
whole bunch of code would potentially have to be recompiled? Obviously
SUSE thought it was stable enough to base a release on it as well as
Fedora core 4.

Since so much is automatic in this install what would the procedure be to
do this? Do I install new (older) gcc3.x and then link to it or change
something in the makefile? What do you do to force a recompile of the
kernel and all modules?

Doug

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