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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:38:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: David Balazic <david DOT balazic AT hermes DOT si>
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Subject: Re: setup.exe what versions ?
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, David Balazic wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I already have cygwin installed and want to install gcc ( I do not have
> it currently installed ).
>
> I run setup.exe, and have two options for gcc , versions 3.3.1-2 and 3.2-3.
>
> Now I had some problems last time with some experimental package
> versions that are not compatible to the rest and therefore do not work
> at all.
>
> So my question is, which gcc version is non-experimental ?
> The older version ?
> I there some simple rule ?
>
> Thanks in advance !
> David

The simplest thing you can do is look at the announcements for each
version and see whether they mention anything special (like requiring
Cygwin 1.5.*).  The announcements are in the cygwin-announce archives (at,
for example, <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/>).  HTH,
	Igor
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