Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 21:31:59 -0500
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: ddjenkin AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: G++ 2.5.x reported dangerous for x < 5


>    The latest "2.x" version of gcc/g++ is 2.5.5, released November 27,
> 1993.  The latest version of libg++ is 2.5.1, released November 4, 1993.
> Don't use 2.5.x, with x less than 5, for C++ code; there were some
> serious bugs that didn't have easy workarounds.
>
> Does this mean that the long-awaited g++-2.5.4-based 1.11 version of
> DJGPP is crippled in some way?  If so, can it compile g++ version
> 2.5.5 and create an executable that works under go32 version 1.11?
> Should we do this anyway?

2.5.5 *also* has serious C++ bugs.  2.5.6 came out ony a few days
before djgpp 1.11 was released, and I didn't want to take a chance
with it.  If it looks stable (i.e. if people like you build it and try
it) I'll switch it into 1.11.

> In my opinion, the ability to handle most interrupts finally makes
> DJGPP generally useful for MS-DOS development, and I have been quite
> eager to see how DJ did it.  I would not like to have downloaded all
> those huge files from Oak for nothing.

You can always get the latest gcc sources and rebuild them yourself.
You may need to apply the diffs in the diffs/gcc-* directory if I
haven't gotten around to making the changes official with FSF yet.