CentOS - Aug 2006 - centosplus kernel packages and compiler versions

I just installed the updated kernel packages for centos 4.4 from the
centosplus repository.

When I run vmware-config.pl to rebuild the vmware modules, it warns me
that the kernel was compiled with gcc 3.4.6, whereas my compiler is
gcc 3.4.5, and recommends that I not rebuild the modules unless I have
exactly the same compiler version.

I ignored this and built the modules anyway and they work fine, but
why are the plus kernels not built with the stock centos4 compiler
suite?

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 09:50 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> I just installed the updated kernel packages for centos 4.4 from the
> centosplus repository.
> 
> When I run vmware-config.pl to rebuild the vmware modules, it warns me
> that the kernel was compiled with gcc 3.4.6, whereas my compiler is
> gcc 3.4.5, and recommends that I not rebuild the modules unless I have
> exactly the same compiler version.
> 
> I ignored this and built the modules anyway and they work fine, but
> why are the plus kernels not built with the stock centos4 compiler
> suite?
Yes ... the reason is ... that is the kernel for centos-4.4 that is
going to be released in a couple days with the 3.4.6-3 gcc.

:)
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On 8/29/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>
wrote:
> > why are the plus kernels not built with the stock centos4 compiler
> > suite?
>
> Yes ... the reason is ... that is the kernel for centos-4.4 that is
> going to be released in a couple days with the 3.4.6-3 gcc.
Aha.  I had assumed they corresponded to the CESA-2006:0575 security
update announced on 8/23 (which I had also mistaken for 4.4 kernels).
Thanks for clarifying.