On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:53:29PM -0600, Brian Ford wrote: >What is the state of/reason for Cygwin/Mingw specific mods to official >gcc sources? I assume these mods will eventually make it in to the >official tree, right? What is the typical migration path? > >I ask, because I am trying to do DWARF2 development work for Cygwin. > >I thought that I should start with current gcc (3.2.2) and binutils >(2.13.2.1) sources (or CVS). But, I just ran into a double alignment ABI >breakage with the official gcc sources. I have applied the proper patch >locally to fix it, but I wonder why it has not been officially submitted >yet? I also wonder how many other gotcha's there are? > >What should a Cygwin developer use as a base for binutils and gcc >development work?
Since most of your work will probably require approval from people outside of cygwin/mingw, it's best to stick with the official branches. We can backpatch them into the cygwin/mingw branch as appropriate. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
