[klibc] build klibc with gcc 2.96 fails
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jan 19 14:24:55 PST 2005
Greg KH wrote:
>>
>>Looks like gcc 2.96 doesn't support -MT, which is used for the
>>dependency generation.
>
> Ah, thanks.
>
>>Any reason to care about this never-officially-released historic compiler?
>
> People build kernels with it, and it's still a "supported" compiler for
> that.
>
Well, it's a serious question. The dependency system I use is very
nice, because it means the dependencies are always current. However, if
we need to support old compilers, then we need a different system that
doesn't rely on those features, which would be a bit of a shame.
-hpa
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