Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:35:57 +0200
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> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:45:38 -0500
> From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> > I think we should try to support GCC 2.8.x.  From what I read on 
> > c.o.m.d., there are still people who buy SAMS books which come with 
> > v2.8.1 on the CD (IIRC).
> > 
> > DJ, do you know about older versions that are still being sold?
> 
> I'm sure there are some, but they come with their own binutils.

This is not about Binutils, this is about the changes in the system
headers for djdev204.zip.

> Our concern is with the zips on simtel.  I don't think we need to
> "support" anything else, because anything else should be
> self-consistent.

Right.  So we should only worry about old GCC versions installed on
users' machines, if they upgrade djdev without upgrading GCC.

Is it reasonable to tell that we recommend GCC 2.9x or later for
djdev204?