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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!ira.uka.de!gmd.de!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!eoahmad 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 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <colin.719809711@marsh> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 06:53:08 GMT Lines: 19 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. -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet