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djh wrote:
> 
> My current version of gcc that setup.exe downloaded for me is:
> 
> gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
> 
> The other day I downloaded gcc 4.0.2
>   filename:  gcc-4.0.2.tar.bz2
> 
> did a configure, make, and makeinstall
> 
> and the build was successfull.  I compiled a program with it and it 
> seems to work. 
> My question is, am I fooling myself?
> Was there a lot of tweaking involved in getting the setup.exe downloaded 
> version of gcc to work with cygwin?
You could run make -k check and compare your results with those posted 
by others at gcc-testsuite.  This would show how well the standard 
tested functions of gcc itself are working.  If you don't care to use 
additional features of the cygming special, such as -mno-cygwin, you may 
be set up to do what matters to you.

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