On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 16:44 -0500, "Ing. Ernesto Pérez Estévez" wrote: > indeed, I received the same warning while recompiling my vmware modules > today. > This looks to be a vmware specific thing ... but the upstream released kernel (for those who run their product) was compiled with the same version of gcc. Here is their kernel line: Linux version 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL (bhcompile at hs20-bc1-1.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 Thu Jan 5 17:03:45 EST 2006 > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 08:25 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote: > > > >>Just updated to the new 2.6.9-22.0.2.106.unsupported kernel (don't see > >>an Announce entry yet, but yum sees it) and found an apparently-minor > >>glitch in the gcc version when updating my VMware Workstation kernel > >>module: > >> > >># vnware-config.pl > >>... snip ... > >>Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. > >> > >>Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "3.4.5", while you are trying to use > >>"/usr/bin/gcc" version "3.4.4". This configuration is not recommended and VMware > >>Workstation may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same > >>compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler > >>"/usr/bin/gcc" version "3.4.4" anyway? [no] yes > >> > >>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running > >>kernel? > >>[/lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.2.106.unsupported/build/include] > >>... snip ... > >> > >>Despite the warning, the build finishes and VMware seems to work OK so > >>far. Checked testing repo for a gcc update and didn't see one. > >> > >>Phil > >> > > > > > > No glitch. That is the new gcc for CentOS-4.3beta. It should not be a > > problem with the kernel. There will be a new kernel with the release of > > 4.3 soon as well. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-devel mailing list > > CentOS-devel at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20060122/f9ad93d4/attachment-0007.sig>