nanogui@linuxhacker.org

I now userstand.  I would assume that the 2.96 compiler will build 2.4.X
correctly if it given a "-traditional" or similar flag.  
Is the plan to fix the "offending" code in the 2.4 world, or just change
the build rules to accomodate the new compiler?

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > Yes, yes, I was a little bit premature in my conclusion.... It was
> > painless building 2.4.0-pre12 using the kgcc (which, for the record is
> > really egcs 2.91.66).  However, our friends at Redhat should note that
> > 2.2.XX is becoming the exception and not the rule, since we are
> > confidently expecting 2.4.XX any decade now.
> 
> 2.2.18 builds with "gcc 2.96". The compile failure due to using vararg
> macros in -traditional mode which you used to get away with in older gcc's
> is fixed.
> 
> I still wouldnt recommend it as the default kernel compiler for 2.2
> 
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