Re: Supporting old GCCs?

Roger Merchberger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.bgware
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Rumor has it that Bruce Guenter may have mentioned these words:

>So the question becomes:
>
>Is it reasonable to require GCC 2.95 or later (or equivalent other
>compiler that supports C99 such as ICC)?

IMHO, yes. 2.95 has been around roughly forever and for quite a while was 
the standard kernel compiler long after 3.x was out, so the few people who 
may not have it by now, prolly should... ;-)

The newer Linux From Scratch (now version 6) books don't even use 2.95 
anymore now that 3.3 is stable for kernel compiling.... and if I'm not 
mistaken, the latest uses 3.4.

Everyone celebrating Memorial day, enjoy the holiday! For those who aren't, 
have a great weekend!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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