Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:52:27 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: gcc flag for binutils 2.10?
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> I've been thinking about a way for allow the next version of GCC to take advantage 
> of the new features in Binutils, at least for the benefit of C++ users. One way 
> would be to just require Binutils 2.10, but we can't require what isn't released. An 
> alternative is to add a target specific switch to GCC to allow those with pre-
> release versions of Binutils use of the advanced features.

I think it is better to make these features available in the DJGPP port 
of Binutils.  That way, mere mortals could also benefit from these 
advanced features.

How hard would it be to retrofit these features into Binutils 2.9.1?  If 
this isn't hard, we could simply release a patched port of Binutils 2.9.1 
(which is long overdue anyway, IMHO).