From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: GCC VS gnuwin versions
21 Jan 1999 00:14:13 -0800
Message-ID: <199901201759.LAA28087.cygnus.gnu-win32@hp2.xraylith.wisc.edu>
References: <01DA09A02D27D211BB1F00805F31E0518F8FD4 AT xch-knt-09 DOT ds DOT boeing DOT com>
To: "Bishop, David C" <David DOT Bishop2 AT pss DOT boeing DOT com>
Cc: "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

"Bishop, David C" <David DOT Bishop2 AT PSS DOT Boeing DOT com> writes:
> Is there a place I can look to see which version of gcc relates to which vers
> ion of the Cygnus port?
> like: gcc 2.8.1 = XXX???  

Sorry, there's no simple equation like that.

The current releases of GCC for Cygwin/Mingw/etc are not based on GCC2,
ie., FSF GCC 2.x.y, but rather on EGCS releases. I suggest you take a 
look at http://egcs.cygnus.com/ for more information. The version you
currently see from Cygnus or from me are basically egcs-1.x + a few
patches to make life easier on Cygwin.

The only relationship is that egcs-1.1.1 includes all/most of gcc-2.8.1 
and much more. The C++ front-end is quite different, and so are a few 
other key features in the backend. It also integrates g77 as opposed to 
an add-on for gcc-2.8.x.

The current rate of development on GCC2 branch is all but dead (yes, I
know there's some work going on, but not enough to be excited about it),
and there are rumours that GCC3, the next FSF release, will be based on 
EGCS.

Regards,
Mumit

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