[Debian-coldfire-devel] Re: Creation of #debian-68k on irc.debian.org (OFTC)

[Ingo Juergensmann]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 06:36:37PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:

> > >>> It will be hardcoded to -4.0 with the next upload. And no, going to -4.1
> > >>> is no solution.
> > That explains it all, doesn't it? I am still wondering if we _have_ to use
> > 4.x at all, I switched only reluctantly from 2.95 to 3.3 a while ago, and
> > now another big jump? I still have 2.77 flying around, why do we need all
> > those new compilers?
> Bastian blank added code to select the exact gcc version per arch. The idea
> was not to build the kernel with 4.0 or 4.1, while the modules where built
> with something else abi-incompatible.
> So, if you really like, you can set the gcc thingy to gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.4 or
> something, i don't know the details, please ask Bastian about it.

So, when m68k wants to compile its kernels with 4.1, because it's better
supported in 4.1, we could do that. That sounds more reasonable. :)

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