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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 12:28:47 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Peter J. Farley III wrote:

> BTW, two brief questions: Is there a consolidated patch set for V2.01
> downloadable from anywhere?

Yup.

http://www.cartsys.com/eldredge/djgpp-patches.html

>  And do you consider gcc 2.8 stable enough
> to use everyday at this point?

I use 2.8.1 on Linux almost exclusively.  I haven't yet troubled to
install the DJGPP version.  So far, I've seen only one bug:  a
complicated declaration in the WINE source was apparently mis-parsed.  
(I say "apparently" because I'm not even sure it's correct, though it
worked with 2.7.2.x.)  Also, I have heard that `-march=pentiumpro' has
some bugs, so you might avoid that.  OTOH, many bugs from 2.7.x are
fixed, and some interesting new features are added.


>  No, I'm not trying to start a flame,
> but I've been hesitating to upgrade until it stabilized.  I don't see
> (or maybe I'm not reading everything I should) a whole lot of bug
> reports on the ng lately.  Can I take that to mean there is some
> stability there?

You could also read gnu.gcc.bug for a broader view, though remember that
of those bug reports, many are inapplicable to DJGPP, bogus, or only
appear in extremely obscure cases.

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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com