Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:44:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Tom St Denis <tomstdenis AT goplay DOT com>
cc: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp 2.02 zips - please test
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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Tom St Denis wrote:

> To get version numbers, why not make GCC (or CC1 to be precise) 
> predefine a DJGPP_MINOR value?

This cannot be done because GCC and libc are developed independently.  
You don't want to be forced to upload a new gccNNNb.zip just because a 
new release of djdev is out.

> That's what Turbo C does and it works ok.

Turbo C comes together with its libraries, that's why it works.  In 
contrast, GCC itself has no relation to any particular set of libraries.  
In fact, on Unix many people use GCC with the library supplied with the 
native C compiler.