Re: Unable to build new kernel with old gcc (WAS: RE: Buildkernel+ALTQ error)

From: Alexander Kabaev <kan_at_freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:18:08 +0000 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:38:04 UTC

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:45:04AM +0400, Yuriy Tsibizov wrote:
> You are building new kernel with old (Gcc 3.3.3) gcc that does not support this flags.
> 
> You have to go back to rev. 1.54 of sys/conf/kern.pre.mk to build your kernel with gcc 3.3.3. 
> 

Building newer kernels with old GCC versions was never supported and no
effort was ever made to keep this path working. So the advice here is -
if it hurts, do not do that. Consider using make buildkernel/installkernel
you you need to compile a new kernel without installing whole new world
on your machine.

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Alexander Kabaev