From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: old packages on simtel
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:26:11 +0200
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On Sunday 01 December 2002 10:38, Richard Dawe wrote:
> Hello.
>
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> > Time once again to tidy up the ftp site.  I see these packages have
> > multiple versions:
> >
> > automake: 1.4, 1.5
>
> automake 1.4 is of the same vintage as autoconf 2.13. automake 1.5 is of
> the same vintage as autoconf 2.50. I think automake 1.5 works with autoconf
> 2.13, but I'd keep them both around, unless space is getting really tight.

I haven't met problems with automake-1.5 used together with autoconf-2.13.
>
> > binutils: 2.11.2, 2.12.1, 2.13

Maybe 2.12.1 can go. 

> > bool: 0.2, 0.2.1
> > bison: 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, 1.32, 1.33, 1.35
> > cvs: 1.9, 1.10
> > diff: 2.7.2, 2.8
> > emacs: 19.34, 20.5
> > fileutils: 3.16, 4.0, 4.1
>
> You can remove 4.0. 3.16 can also go, if space is tight.

No. Perhaps at least one of them must stay. I had problems with 4.1 (on Win95, 
mkdir crashed in some script but I didn't have time to look for more 
details), where both 4.0 and 3.16 worked Ok.
>
> > gcc: 2.95.2, 2.95.3, 3.0.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1
> > gdb: 4.18, 5.0, 5.1.1, 5.2.1
> > gdbm: 1.8.0, 1.8.3
> > global: 4.5, 4.5.1
> > gmp: 3.1.1, 4.0
>
> I think you mean 4.1 rather than 4.0. You can remove 3.1.1, if space is
> tight.
>
> > gpc: 2.0, 2.95.3

gpc20b*.zip is gcc-2.95.2 based, so it must go if gcc-2.95.2 is removed and I 
don't see any reason why gcc-2.95.2 should stay.

> > gettext: 0.10.37, 0.10.39, 0.10.40
> > gawk: 3.0.6, 3.1.1
> > gzip: 1.2.4, 1.3
> > indent: 2.2.4, 2.2.5
> > ispell: 3.1.20, 3.2.06
> > less: 358, 374
> > marst: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
> > patch: 2.1, 2.5.3
> > perl: 5.005_02, 5.006_01
>
> I think we should keep both of these. 5.6.1 (the second one) was a big jump
> from 5.005. 5.6.1 seems to work OK, so if space is tight...
>
> > sed: 1.18, 3.02, 3.02.80
> > shellutils: 1.12, 2.0j, 2.01
> > texinfo: 4.0, 4.2

Andris