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From: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:58:42 +0300
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Subject: Notes about gcc-2.8.1
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Hi

Here are some notes about DJGPP port of gcc. Version currently
available from v2gnu/alphas still have some problems to be fixed to
final release (to be honest my previous build from March 31 was 
better than released one). I'm giving way how to fix some of them in 
attachment to this e-mail. 

Andris

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Release notes about DJGPP port of gcc-2.8.1 

Summary: version from March 31 (not released) was better than one uploaded
to delorie.com. Here are notes about some problems with uploaded version.

A.Pavenis                       9 Apr 1998

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1) duplicate files in archives (DJ Delorie, 98/04/07)

   lib/gcc-lib/djgpp/2.81/include/typeinfo in gpp281b.zip and gcc281b.zip
   lang/cxx/header.gcc in lgp2811b.zip and gpp281b.zip

   I think that common files in between sources and binary archives
   should still stay.

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2) looks that it is necessary to remove
      #define DIR_SEPARATOR "\\" 
   from config/i386/xm-go32.h (archive gcc281s.zip). And return to use
   '/' (default) as directory separator. Using "\\" here breaks RHIDE 
   (Project->Includes) and maybe something else. To fixing this one currently 
   should rebuild gcc from sources. Should be fixed in final version 
   (98/04/08)

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3) problem with link_command_specs if no output file is specified (no -o 
   parameter is specified, e.g. 'gcc hello.cc'). In this situation stubify
   is called with incorrect parameters. A temporary workaround is to 
   patch %DJDIR/lib/gcc-lib/2.81/specs. In final version I'll change this
   in internal specs of gcc. (98/04/09)

*** specs~	Wed Apr  1 12:09:18 1998
--- specs	Thu Apr  9 12:36:12 1998
***************
*** 70,74 ****
  			%{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%G %L %G}}\
  			%{!A:%{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}}}\
  			-Tdjgpp.djl %{T*}}}}}}}
! %{!c:%{!M:%{!MM:%{!E:%{!S:stubify %{v} %{o*:%*} %{!o*:a.out}}}}}}
  
--- 70,74 ----
  			%{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%G %L %G}}\
  			%{!A:%{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}}}\
  			-Tdjgpp.djl %{T*}}}}}}}
! %{!c:%{!M:%{!MM:%{!E:%{!S:stubify %{v} %{o*:%*} %{!o*:a.out} }}}}}
  
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