liam bedford lbedfordnetnoteinccom mon 29 jul 2002 050223 0100 paul kelly claiming think matthew french wrote happiness restored world gcc 295 later time follow compiler wars notice must use egcs build 64 bit sparc code 295 reintegration effort started work projects fell away 30 target completion work gcc 3 buggy1 worth trying use unless really want track compiler errors lot problems seem shaken redhats ballsy gcc 296 stunt ive trying redhat limbo weeks equipped gcc 31 havent fallen foul compiler issue far im aware anyhow said im glad dont much c seems pretty much every version gcc 295 296 30 31 forthcoming 32 breaks c binary compatibility way diarycodemonkeyorguk dave jones got mail neil telling whizzy new warnings cvs version gcc pulled spent playing gcc false starts got spit bunch warnings compiling kernel theres boatload stuff still needs cleaning 25 things like __function__ abuse like 24 doesnt even compile due broken asm constraints sillies 3x isnt recommended compiler 24 isnt important yet archs start using 3x standard compiler though clean stuff 25 new warning neil tipped wunusedmacros turns far much crap looked correct cases yes macros defined unused cleaning however creates maintenance nightmare anyone patches areas already sort cleanup particularly hurts people like huge patches touching large parts tree recent gccc99 struct initialisers patch instance made large parts tree reject come fun isnt yet either cvs version seems breakage come kernel everyone want compile machine latest greatest think eventually persuaded compaqs compiler compile kernel l dbp dbbbbb youre looking accountant dbp look never see dbp dbbbk youre looking start babies dbp db db wish im fool around dbbbbp dbbbbp belle sebastian family tree irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 29 jul 2002 100846 0100 ilug optimizing pentium pt2