Re: tlug: xset

[Fredric Fredricson <Fredric.Fredriksson@example.com>]

Darren Cook wrote:
> 
> >something's trying to open the display.  OH, yeah, Slackware compiles
> >their 2.0.x kernels with egcs (morons!  At comdex they said that "they
> >...
> >* Note, TL, SuSE, and RH compile kernels with the older gcc, and they
> 
> Is this egcs/gcc thing just because egcs is still beta software, and has
> more bugs, or is it some problem that will always be in egcs?
> 
>From somebody with big ears but little actual knowledge (meaning: this 
is just hearsay):
The kernel depends on non-standard features like inlined assembler and
stuff. This is why the compiler matters. This is why egcs might be a bad idea.
On the other hand, I might be wrong....

/Fredric

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