Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Russ Allbery
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 03:55

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In gnu.misc.discuss, Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> writes:
> ruhl@4dv.net (Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>) wrote:

>> It was stated that a Linux system is impossible without the GNU
>> utilities. Having shown that this is false, you change the tack,
>> arguing that all actual usable Linux systems are distributed with GNU
>> utilities.  Well, duh.

> Please do post a screen capture where you compile Linux-kernel 
> without any GNU-tools (including GNU GCC, GNU Make etc...).

He's got a point here, folks.  Linux only builds with GCC.  It's been
intentionally written that way, and makes extensive use of GCC-only
extensions.

I don't think his larger point is correct, but Linux the kernel is *not*
usable without GCC without extensive work to remove all of the
GCC-specific code, something that Linus has stated repeatedly that he
thinks would be incredibly dumb and sees no point whatsoever in doing.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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