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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!lha
From: lha@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Lachlan Leicester Henry ANDREW)
Subject: Re: gcc binaries for i386?
Message-ID: <lha.759988654@mullian.ee.Mu.OZ.AU>
Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
References: <2iamhn$994@nic.scruz.net> <2ibtui$l29@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 03:57:34 GMT
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nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:

>In article <2iamhn$994@nic.scruz.net>,
>John Vinopal <banshee@boing.resort.com> wrote:

>>I'd love something newer than 2.4.5 which I didn't have to compile
>>on my poor slow machine.

>For stability reasons, gcc2.4.5 is *STILL* the most stable version of
>gcc2 that the FSF has yet created.  Until the patches quit flowing often
>(gcc2.5.8 was released this last weekend) I wouldn't recommend using
>another version of the compiler.

>The main reason for gcc2.5 was C++ support.  But, as someone in another
>group commented, the C++ support in 2.4.5 was weak but it worked, but
>support in 2.5.X is better but it's busted.  I'll take working over
>broken any day.

I am after the C++ libraries for g++  (I *think* I have 2.4.5...).
In particular I want the IO libraries (like  strstream).  Are these in the
standard g++ distribution and did I jsut miss them?  What is the best
way to get them?  Should I hunt for sources to compile, binaries, or a
new version of gcc?

Thanks

Lachlan

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Lachlan Andrew		lha@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au
Dept. Elec. and Elec. Eng.