From: Andrew Crabtree <andrewc AT typhoon DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Message-Id: <199705232357.AA096361827@typhoon.rose.hp.com>
Subject: Re: 486 and as-replacement?
To: sime AT fly DOT cc DOT etf DOT hr
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:57:06 PDT
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <5m1bsr$sio@bagan.srce.hr>; from "Simun Mikecin" at May 22, 97 11:49 am
Precedence: bulk

> And, since there is a as.exe replacement on the
> Pentium Group Homepage which has this bug fixed

The as.exe that is on the Pentium Group Homepage uses 
byte alignment.  The as.exe that came with djgpp uses 
power of 2 alignment.  That is the only difference 
between the two that I know of.

The 'bug' is that the compiler that
comes with pgcc snapshot 970509 uses byte alignment.
The new As.exe is provided only for people using the pgcc compiler 
snapshot 970509.  The next pgcc snapshot (970522) will use
power of 2 alignment.  When it is ready, the new as.exe link will 
be removed, and people will use the original as.exe again.