Message-Id: <199908132325.TAA08237@delorie.com> From: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:33:35 +0300 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: ANNOUNCE: GCC-2.95 for DJGPP Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com This is an announcement of DJGPP port of gcc-2.95 and some additional packages: GCC-2.95 GCC used to stand for the GNU C Compiler, but since the compiler supports several other languages aside from C, it now stands for the GNU Compiler Collection. It includes C, C++, Objective-C and GNU Fortran compilers with corresponding libraries. There are too much new features in gcc-2.95 against gcc-2.8.1 and egcs-1.1.2 that it's difficult to name them all here. libg++-2.8.1.3 This is addon for current gcc releases (e.g. gcc-2.95) and libstdc++. It is needed only if your applications depend on libg++ and you cannot easily remove the dependency on libg++. The standalone libg++ is no longer needed. Note that this package is no longer being maintained. which are available from DJGPP distribution in Simtelnet (and mirror sites) in directory v2gnu: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu For information what's new in egcs-1.1.2 see http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/gcc-2.95.html There are 7 archives: readme.gcc295 - readme file from DJGPP port of GCC-2.95. It's in separate file to avoid need to download large archives to get this file. gcc295s.zip - sources of gcc-2.95 and libg++-2.8.1.3 for DJGPP. I put all sources in a single archive. This file is only needed if You're want to rebuild gcc-2.95 from sources. gcc295b.zip - binaries of C compiler gpp295b.zip - binaries of C++ compiler (needs gcc295b.zip) g77-295b.zip - binaries of Fortran compiler (needs gcc295b.zip) objc295b.zip - binaries of Objective C compiler (needs gcc295b.zip) lgpp295b.zip - binaries and header files of libg++-2.8.1.3 (useless without gcc295b.zip and gpp295b.zip) (Note that CHILL and JAVA compiler binaries are not made available as they are not ready for general use, more exactly not tested at all. I don't know when this will change. I don't have any plans in that direction) For more information about this port see archive gnu/gcc-2.95/readme.DJGPP after unpacking either gcc295b.zip or gcc295s.zip or get file readme.gcc295 from directory v2gnu in DJGPP distribution Also please DON'T mix C++ libraries (or object files) built with different compiler versions. C++ sources should be recompiled (seems that there is no need to do this for C sources). System requirements: DJGPP-2.02 or above (otherwise exceptions will not work at all) binutils-2.8.1 (2.9.1 recommended however official port is not yet available) Some warning for users of C++. C++ compiler in gcc-2.95 does more strict syntax checking as earlier versions of gcc and egcs. As result errors are generated in many places where earlier one got warnings. Happy hacking Andris Pavenis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is official announcement of gcc-2.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 31, 1999 The GNU project and the GCC/EGCS developers are pleased to announce the release of GCC version 2.95. GCC used to stand for the GNU C Compiler, but since the compiler supports several other languages aside from C, it now stands for the GNU Compiler Collection. This is the first release of GCC since the April 1999 GCC/EGCS reunification and includes nearly a year's worth of new development and bugfixes. The whole suite has been extensively [1]regression tested and [2]package tested. It should be reliable and suitable for widespread use. The compiler has several new optimizations, new targets, new languages and other new features. See the [3]new features page for a more complete list of new features found in the GCC 2.95 releases. The sources include installation instructions in both HTML and plaintext forms in the install directory in the distribution. However, the most up to date [4]installation instructions and [5]build/test status are on the web pages. We will update those pages as new information becomes available. The GCC developers would like to thank the numerous people that have contributed new features, test results, bugfixes, etc to GCC. This [6]amazing group of volunteers is what makes GCC successful. And finally, we can't in good conscience fail to mention some [7]caveats to using GCC 2.95. Download GCC 2.95 from the [8]GNU FTP server (ftp://ftp.gnu.org) Download GCC 2.95 from the [9]GCC/EGCS FTP server (ftp://go.cygnus.com) [10]Find a GNU mirror site [11]Find a GCC/EGCS mirror site For additional information about GCC please see the [12]GCC project web server or contact the [13]GCC development mailing list. _________________________________________________________________ References 1. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/regress.html 2. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/othertest.html 3. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/features.html 4. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/buildstat.html 6. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/caveats.html 6. http://egcs.cygnus.com/thanks.html 7. http://egcs.cygnus.com/gcc-2.95/caveats.html 8. ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/ 9. ftp://go.cygnus.com/pub/sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/egcs/releases/index.htm 10. http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html 11. http://egcs.cygnus.com/mirrors.html 12. http://egcs.cygnus.coms/index.html 13. mailto:gcc AT gcc DOT gnu DOT org