On Sunday 16 November 2003 02:09 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote: > As a matter of interest, > why do people undergo so much pain compiling Fedora's special kernels? Because: 1) Fedora leaves the as-installed kernel source tree in a state that makes it easier to compile additional modules, but not to compile a new kernel without doing a "make mrproper" first. 2) The kernel must be compiled with a non-default version of GCC and unless you know the magic incantation, a compile will fail. (export CC=gcc32) 3) This stuff is not in BOLD in the Release Notes (although nobody seems to read them anyway), so few people know these facts. It's a receipe for pain. -- Hoyt
