Re: [Dri-devel] r128 troubles

[Matt N. <ne...@pr...>]

On Wednesday 28 February 2001 02:51, you wrote:
> Jon Masters wrote:
> > mastersj@perihelion:~$ gcc -v
> > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.3/specs
> > gcc version 2.95.3 20010219 (prerelease)
>
> I thought 2.95.2 (at least) had problems compiling XFree86.  Has this
> changed?  Is 2.95.3 okay?  Or should people still be using egcs-1.1.2 /
> gcc-2.91.66 (still the recommended compiler for the Linux kernel,
> AFAIK)?
>
> -- Gareth
>
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I believe that egcs-1.1.2 *AND* gcc 2.95.2 are both recommended for kernel 
compilation.  I use gcc 2.95.2 and it compiles both the kernel and X and it 
has always worked fine.

I can't wait until gcc 3 is out, but I really hope that they do extensive 
testing and work the bugs out before release.

Matt Newell