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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: tmurez AT planete DOT net (Thibaut Murez), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:08:45 +0000
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Subject: Re: Linux and GNU C
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tmurez AT planete DOT net (Thibaut Murez) wrote:

> In article <000a01bdc5db$c9a84600$166064a4 AT anandbis>, imbbpl AT mp DOT mp DOT nic DOT in 
> says...
> 
> > >But DON'T compile Linux kernel (at last 2.0.XX) with gcc-2.8.X. Use
> > >gcc-2.7.2.3 for that.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Hi I'm a newbie in Linux' world and i'd like to know why one must not 
> compile the kernel using gcc 2.8 or higher ?

Because a bug in the sources if I remmember well is in the ioperm stuff. The 
2.1.x fixes it.

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