On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, David Balazic wrote: > Hi! > > I already have cygwin installed and want to install gcc ( I do not have > it currently installed ). > > I run setup.exe, and have two options for gcc , versions 3.3.1-2 and 3.2-3. > > Now I had some problems last time with some experimental package > versions that are not compatible to the rest and therefore do not work > at all. > > So my question is, which gcc version is non-experimental ? > The older version ? > I there some simple rule ? > > Thanks in advance ! > David
The simplest thing you can do is look at the announcements for each version and see whether they mention anything special (like requiring Cygwin 1.5.*). The announcements are in the cygwin-announce archives (at, for example, <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/>). HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/