> I'm currently using gcc-2.5.8 and I would like to upgrade it to the
> most reliable version possible that can produce i586 optimized code and
> of course ELF binaries. Some recent versions aren't even reliable enough
> to compile the kernel. What's the best one to use (and what are the
> libraries versions that I need to run it) ?
> Thanks for any advice.
I've had complete success with gcc 2.7.2 with pentium mods (known as gcc 2.7.2p; it's in /GCC
on sunsite). No change in speed yet, but then again I wasn't checking too hard anyway. Kernel
compiles fine with it (although I've heard other people have trouble with it messing up the
scrollback buffer and other weird things like that. I have kernel 1.3.68, libc 5.2.18 (remember
to get dirent fix for make), ld 1.74 (or close), 16M RAM, and 64M swap, just in case anybody
else is having problems with it and might need to upgrade.
--______________ Rich Tollerton rtollert@mail.coin.missouri.edu