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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:13:43 +0200
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To: Krzysztof Duleba <krzysan AT skrzynka DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: gcc 4.0 and 3.3 at the same time?
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Krzysztof Duleba wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Since gcc 4.0 is out, sooner or later there will be a Cygwin release. As
> much as I look forward to it, I hope it won't replace the current release
> of 3.3.
> 
> I see that C++ headers are kept in /usr/include/c++/3.3.3 and some
> libraries in /lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.3.3, but a bunch of libraries
> like libstdc++.a are placed in /lib, so there will be an obvious conflict.
> 
> Does Cygwin gcc maintainer intend to resolve it so that it would be
> possible for gcc 3.3 and 4.0 to coexist? It seems that all one has to do
> is to build gcc with some options so that it keeps its libraries somewhere
> else. I can give it a try and submit a patch to build scripts, but I guess
> that the maintainer will do it with much less effort.

I'll try to do so.  AFAIK it is just one configure flag which needs to
be changed.


Gerrit
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