Message-Id: <199812181642.LAA11585@delorie.com>
From: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:51:41 +0200
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Subject: BETA version of DJGPP port of egcs-1.1.1 is available
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

This is an announcement of BETA version of DJGPP port of 
egcs-1.1.1 which is available from DJGPP distribution in Simtelnet 
(and mirror sites):
   ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/beta/

For information what's new in egcs-1.1.1 see 
   http://egcs.cygnus.com/egcs-1.1/egcs-1.1.1.html

Current problems why egcs-1.1.1 is released as beta:
   exceptions does not work reliably. This seems to be
   problem of egcs-1.1.1 itself but not DJGPP port.
   I don't know when it will change. So if You want to 
   seriously use exceptions gcc-2.8.1 should be prefered.
   
There are 6 archives:
   egcs111s.zip - sources of egcs-1.1.1 and libg++-2.8.1.2a-19981114
                  for DJGPP
   gcce111b.zip - binaries of C compiler
   gppe111b.zip - binaries of C++ compiler (needs gcce111b.zip)
   g77e111b.zip - binaries of Fortran compiler (needs gcce111b.zip)
   objce111.zip - binaries of Objective C compiler (needs gcce111b.zip)
   lgpe111b.zip - binaries and header files of libg++-2.8.1.2a-19981114
          (please note that libg++ is no more officially maintained and
           it is not recommended to use it in new projects if possible)

For more information about this port see archive
   %DJDIR%/gnu/egcs-1.11/readme.DJGPP
after unpacking either gcce111b.zip or egcs111s.zip

Also please DON'T mix C++ libraries (or object files) built with 
different compiler versions. C++ sources should be recompiled (seems 
that there is no need to do this for C sources).

Some of things I tested with egcs-1.1.1

	building rhide-1.4.7

	my own applications (more than 2 Mb C++ sources). I tested part of this
		on 386DX40 to see there are no problems with i386 (building and
		running them)

	Latest beta versions of gnuplot	(e.g. beta349)

	other programs

System requirements:
	DJGPP-2.02 (otherwise exceptions will not work at all)
	binutils-2.8.1 (2.9.1 recommended however official port is
              not yet available)

Happy hacking

Andris