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Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated experimental package: gcc4-4.3.2-1
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:34:10 +0100
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Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote on 14 September 2008 22:03:

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> Dave Korn wrote:
>>   The main purpose of this update is to resolve the packaging conflict
>> between the original native Cygwin gcc-3.4.4 and this new package, which
>> it does by appending a version suffix.  "gcc.exe" is now "gcc-4.exe",
>> "g++.exe" becomes "g++-4.exe", and so on.
> 
> While this is fine for an experimental package, I think we need to
> consider switching to gcc4 as the default for 1.7.

  I was wondering whether to do one last issue of 3.4.4, and set program
suffix to "-3", then we can use alternatives to control them.

> * Override LIBINTL and LIBICONV during make with dynamic linking

  Added to the to-do list.  Do you have a pointer to how to do it?

> * libssp:  Is it used?  Should it also be dynamic?

  I'm testing building a dll version right now (along with libgomp, libjava,
libgfortran, libobjc).

> * Are GPC and/or GDC available yet for gcc-4.3?

  Not as far as I could tell.  GPC has some 3.x-compatible versions and a
non-specific tarball from 20060325 is the most recent file on the site.  GDC
claims to be 4.0.x compatible.

> When you "deforkify" the cygport you're using, is there any way others
> can help?

  I'll let you know if I run into any problems, it should be trivial.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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