From: Ted Larsson <f93tela AT dd DOT chalmers DOT se>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Trouble when upgrading to gcc 2.8.1
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:53:50 +0200
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Hello!

I upgraded from 2.7.2.1 to 2.8.1 some time ago. I've seen a lot
of questions about this in the newsgroup, people having trouble
just because they hadn't read the FAQ/readme files (maybe that's
my problem too, I hope not). Anyway, I downloaded gcc281b.zip,
gpp281b.zip and lgp2811.zip. Then I read the above mentioned
files, and deleted some files before unzipping, as suggested. The
deleted files are: cc1.exe, cc1plus.exe, cpp.exe, gcc.exe, gxx.exe
from the bin directory, and djgpp.djl, specs and libstcx.a from the
lib directory.

Is this all? Have I missed something?

Programs seem to compile & link all right, but I have noticed a few
minor things:

*  The compiler no longer recognizes the word NULL; gives an error
   message. Why?

*  I have made a linked-list template class and a test program for
   it. Stepping through the list (double-linked) only works in one
   direction when compiled with DJGPP, but in both dirs with VC++ 4.2.
   (I take that as this part of the program is correct, and something
   is wrong with DJGPP...). What should I do? Reinstall everything?

Thanks for your time,

/Ted