On 12/08/2011 13:09, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > Besides the version update to 4.5.3, there are several changes over the > distro 4.5.0, including: > > * Linked against shared (instead of static) libintl. > * Fix shared libgnat installation. > * Fix Java NIO (patch may not be required with recent snapshots). > * Pass --large-address-aware when, and --tsaware only when, linking > EXEs. > * libtool fixup script actually changes .la files. > * Don't install GCC .la files so that the libtool fixup script will be > less needed in the future. > * Revise gcc4-java alternatives usage.
Thanks. I'm not too sure about not installing the .la files; won't that potentially lead to problems for libtool-using projects at link time? Also, did you run any testsuites yet? > We'll all be glad -- myself included -- for you to resume gcc > development; I have only taken a cursory glance at 4.6.1 (and not even a > glance at gccgo), and I have no idea where trunk is holding. If you've > got time to package stable branches on top of that, fine, otherwise I > could still handle the packaging side while you focus on development. > Either way, I think we really need a 4.5.3-2 with at least that patchset > out as soon as David can finish updating the deps. > > Let me know how you'd like to proceed. I just started a build and test cycle using your updated patches+cygport script; since you have about a million packages to maintain, I may as well take care of releasing this and free you up for other stuff. cheers, DaveK