Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: ReiserFS Oops (2.4.1, deterministic, symlink

[J . A . Magallon]

On 02.02 Hans Reiser wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> > Run a small shell check and let it fail if the shell stuff errors.
> > 
> > The fragment you want is
> > 
> > if [ -e /bin/rpm ]; then
> >         X=`rpm -q gcc`
> >         if [ "$X" = "gcc-2.96-54" ]; then
> >                 echo "*** GCC 2.96-54 will miscompile Reiserfs. Please
> update your compiler"
> >                 echo "See http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHBA-2000-132.html"
> >                 exit 255
> >         fi
> > fi
> Ok, thanks Alan, we'll use it, Yura, write something resembling or equal to
> this, test it, and check it into our CVS branch.
> 

Please, do not do so. That depends on the PACKAGE name and version, and there
is no standard way of versioning a patched gcc.
The -54 is a RH'ism, for example Mandrake Cooker includes patches from
different sources, and gcc is versioned like

werewolf:~# rpm -q gcc
gcc-2.96-0.33mdk

and ChangeLog is:

werewolf:~# rpm -q --changelog gcc
* Mon Jan 15 2001 David BAUDENS <[e-mail]> 2.96-0.33mdk

- Fix build on PPC

* Mon Jan 15 2001 Chmouel Boudjnah <[e-mail]> 2.96-0.32mdk

- Try to fix when alternatives is broken in %post.
- Merge with RH package (rel70) of Jakub :
                        ^^^^^^^
..

so it suits a 2.96-70 gcc.

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