On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:22:46 -0700, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NightStrike wrote: > >> If cygwin ever wants to be able to support newer gcc compilers, >> something needs to be done in this area. There are several options, > > That's a quite a misleading statement to make. Everything is fine for a > native 4.4 using 3.4 as the bootstrap compiler. That's the whole point > of the three stage bootstrap, to eliminate any influence of the > bootstrap compiler on the final compiler. The problem only occurs when > you build a 4.4 cross using 3.4 because by definition you can't > bootstrap a cross. But even then you're fine if you first bootstrap a > recent native to use to build the cross. It's really not the end of the > world. > > Brian
Indeed. gcc 4.4 works fine. I have the version that comes with gfortran. Is it likley any time soon that gcc4 and gfortran come as a standard cygwin package. Apologies if I missed this. Another Brian. -- Brian Salter-Duke Melbourne, Australia My real address is b_duke(AT)bigpond(DOT)net(DOT)au Use this for reply or followup. Registered Linux user 287938. Cygwin for Linux on PCs. <http://www.cygwin.com/> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/