Re: Linux 2.4.3 Compile Errors - Power Mac

[Jeff Galloway]

Thanks.  I'll try your suggestions and check on the version of my compiler
and binutils.

on 4/20/01 3:57 AM, David Woodhouse at [e-mail] wrote:

> 
> 
> [e-mail] said:
>>   However, I don't think that wishing the world would avoid these
>> dominant (and very useful) formats is a realistic expectation.  It is
>> certainly not "common sense" to assume as such.
> 
> Of course it's not a realistic expectation. There are times when it's a pain
> to have to be safe - people will always break the rules when they're in a
> hurry and the document to be sent is already in an unsafe format. But taking
> plain text with absolutely no formatting, in fact text which is
> _degenerated_ by word wrapping &c, and gratuitously putting it in a Word
> document is just _so_ unnecessary that I assumed it had to be a troll.
> 
> 
>> fork.c: In function ?copy_mm�:
> 
> Given what this output's been through - I'll assume it's corrupted in
> transit, shall I?
> 
> The kind of error you're seeing is often caused by a mismatch between
> compiler and kernel. As Alan suggests, you should make sure you're using a
> PPC-specific tree because it's not up to date in the stock 2.4.3. And make
> sure you're using the recommended versions of compiler and binutils. Other
> than that, I'm afraid I don't know.
> 
> --
> dwmw2
> 

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