Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 14:50:43 -0800, G. Crimp wrote: > The egcs versions of gcc and g++ are not both yet ready for prime > time. I may get corrected on this, Indeed. > but I think it is gcc that still has some bugs, Wrong. To quote /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian: :- FSF gcc 2.7.2.x provide

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread G. Crimp
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 04:54:19PM -0500, fantumn Steven Baker" wrote: Hi Steve, Glad to see you are still amongst the ranks of Debian users. I am not the most knowledgable person on this subject, but when I say the name fantumn, I couldn't resist answering. You might get a better answe

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread Henning Makholm
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, fantumn (Steven Baker) wrote: > > First, was wondering _what_ the differences between gcc and egcs were. > It is mostly a matter of version Somewhere in /usr/doc/gcc (sorry, don't remember exactly where) I found a recommendation

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:16:32 +0100, Conrado Badenas wrote: > What "egcs" means? It used to mean Experimental GCC Compiler Suite, though AFAIK it's not expanded anywhere on the EGCS website (http://egcs.cygnus.com) anymore. > If both gcc and egcs are developed by GNU, why they are missynchroni

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread Conrado Badenas
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > Debian uses eg++ for our g++ because 2.7 is effectively useless (it > encourages code that will not work on other C++ compilers) and we use 2.7 > for our gcc because nobody has patched the 2.0 kernels to work with > another gcc. Effectively 2.7.* is dead and all development

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread Christophe Broult
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 02:49:17PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:58:29 -0700 (MST), Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > >for our gcc because nobody has patched the 2.0 kernels to work with > > >another gcc. > > > Do the 2.2 kern

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-20 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 02:49:17PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:58:29 -0700 (MST), Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > >for our gcc because nobody has patched the 2.0 kernels to work with > >another gcc. > Do the 2.2 kernels compile with egcs? As of somewhere in the 2.1 series Linu

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-19 Thread Hernan Joel Cervantes Rodriguez
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Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-19 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:58:29 -0700 (MST), Jason Gunthorpe wrote: >for our gcc because nobody has patched the 2.0 kernels to work with >another gcc. Do the 2.2 kernels compile with egcs? - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm

Re: gcc vs egcs

1999-01-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, fantumn (Steven Baker) wrote: > Okay, I don't want to start a holy war or anything here, but I have some > questions about egcs and gcc. > > First, was wondering _what_ the differences between gcc and egcs were. It is mostly a matter of version gcc 2.7.* has been used for

gcc vs egcs

1999-01-19 Thread fantumn \(Steven Baker\)
Okay, I don't want to start a holy war or anything here, but I have some questions about egcs and gcc. First, was wondering _what_ the differences between gcc and egcs were. (Note: when I say gcc, I mean gcc _and_ g++) Compatibility: First, can egcs compile everything that gcc can? IE: kernel?