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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:39:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: Fred Ma <fma AT doe DOT carleton DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Problem building ddd on cygwin
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Please keep replies on the list so others can help.  I apologize if I
should not have CC'ed you, but I wasn't sure you were subscribed,
especially in light of your cross post.

See below for comments.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Fred Ma wrote:

> Hi, Brian,
>
> Could you please provide a few pointers on
> how to find out more about gcc-2?  It doesn't
> exist on my HDD, and is not mentioned in the
> gcc manpage or online documentation.  A web
> search shows gcc2, but I think that's just
> a version number (like gcc 3.2.1).
>
Cygwin keeps two versions of gcc around.  Plain gcc is "gcc (GCC) 3.2
20020927 (prerelease)".  gcc-2 is "2.95.3-10".  Look in Cygwin's setup and
install the package named gcc2.  I am not sure what category it is under,
though.

> All in all, it sounds kind of sobering.  Even if I
> spend the time to find out about gcc-2 and how
> to use it, I will still be battling the bugs you
> encountered.  Nows about time to re-acquaint
> myself with command-line gdb.
>
Well, there is really no time involved for getting gcc-2 and using it to
compile ddd.  Like I said before, I haven't spent much time at all
debugging the ddd <-> gdb interaction.  I've also had weird problems with
gdb that no one else seems to have, and I have a few versions lying around
because of custom development.  YMMV.

Let me know if you find something and need help debugging.

--
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
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