Subj : Re: programming problem
To   : comp.programming
From : Rob Thorpe
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 03:09 am

mike wrote:
> I know I'm a n00b and all, but I was given some very old kernel code and
> when I attempted to compile it, I got a rather daunting output, most of
> which is the same error(s). I have tried to compile it using the old include
> files, but to no avail. Since this is not a binaries group, what is the most
> appropriate way that I would post the output (~25k) and or the files that
> gave it(~100k) to try to get some help from the more experienced C
> programmers (most of my work is in C++ and with a M$ compiler not a GNU c
> compile for Linux?
> Thanks for any and all.
> Mike

If you mean linux kernel code then you should know that the linux
kernel can only be built with GCC.  In the past a kernel version is
generally tied to one particular version of GCC, they often fail when
compiled with earlier or later versions.

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