Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/06/25/05:55:14
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> > Javier Calleja wrote:
> >
> > Hi world:
> >
> > What diferences exist between gcc-ver 2.80 and gcc-ver2.81? Must I
> > dowload and install last version?
>
> The major difference that I know of is that in 2.8.1, exceptions work
> out-of-the-box. 2.8.0 required a special command line switch. The very
> latest release of 2.8.1 includes some fixes that prevent GCC from
> hanging under certain mis-installation conditions. Those are
> DJGPP-specific; there are probably other general bugfixes of which I'm
> not aware. IMHO, don't feel pressured to upgrade unless you have
> trouble, or feel anxious about bugs you might not notice.
> --
>
I had problems using C++ libraries built with 2.8.0 when changed to
2.8.1 (missing external symbols). This was as I tested specific to
2.8.0 only (not for gcc-2.7.2.1, gcc-2.8.1 and pgcc-1.0.1).
One example where I met this was in libstdcxx.a (classes istrstream,
ostrstream). So I think that such problems may be considered
serious reason to upgrade.
Andris
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