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From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Subject: Re: How suitable is gcc-2.2.2 for 386bsd?
Message-ID: <1992Oct23.065308.15617@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 06:53:08 GMT
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Colin Manning (colin@cs.curtin.edu.au) wrote:
: Hi,
: 	How suitable is gcc-2.2.2 for 386bsd?  Can I replace the current
: compiler with the version at nova.cc.purdue.edu in
: /pub/386bsd/submissions/gcc-2.2.2.386bsd?  I don't have enough room to hold 
: both versions AND compile the sources without a heap of compressing/uncopmress-
: ing of source code (Its bad enough as it is).  I realize that I need to patch
: the kernel to compile it with gcc-2.2.2.
: 
: Any comments will be much appreciated.
I strongly advise people not to remove the original gcc-1.39.
gcc-2.2.2 has lots of bugs.

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Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
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