Re: sys enviornment

"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I want to run gcc-3.4.5 as my main compiler and have gcc-2.96 also for
> kernel compilation. How do I set my enviornment to accomplish this? I know
> nothing about Bash. What should I alter in what file?

Never use gcc 2.96 for anything, and certainly not for the kernel.
GCC 3.4.5 should be just fine for compiling the kernel.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but the question shouldn't
have been asked in the first place.

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