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Date:	Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:11:59 -0600
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On 2014-11-03 16:04, JonY wrote:
> On 11/4/2014 05:46, Ken Brown wrote:
>> The setup.hint files for gcc and its subpackages now say
>>
>> curr: 4.8.3-2
>> prev: 4.8.3-3
>> test: 4.9.2-1
>>
>> I assume this is a typo; it causes everyone who is not installing the
>> test release to get downgraded from 4.8.3-3 to 4.8.3-2.
>
> No, this is deliberate, 4.8.3-3 is bugged, it could not build later
> versions of gcc.

How so?

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Yaakov


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