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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@connect.to>, <cygwin@cygwin.com>
References: <b8ln2c$865$1@main.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: gcc version : 3.2 or 3.2-3 ?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:32:34 +0100
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Alex Vinokur wrote:
> gcc -v indicate version 3.2 but not 3.2-3 (!?)

Ugh, this is becoming a FAQ.

3.2-3 means VERSION = 3.2, CYGWIN-SPECIFIC-RELEASE = 3

No packaging system that I know of attempts to insert its release number
into the version output of executables.

This issue has been mention on this list very recently.



Max.


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