Brian Ford wrote: > Vanilla gcc 3.2.x is NOT ABI compatible with Cygwin's pre 3.2 gcc, fact. > I wanted to know why this was allowed to persist given the simple patch > required to fix it, question. I had seen Mr. Faylor make statements > before to the effect of: doubles in structures are not that common so who > cares, so I advised caution in his use of that compiler for official > Cygwin released software.
Regarding the structure alignment problem: Adding -malign-double to compile switches should provide forward/backward/MSVC compatibility. The other fix is to rebuild gcc from sources so that -malign-double is the default (as it is now on trunk for cygwin). Mr. Danny http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. -- 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/
