[Dev-C++] Re: GCC 3.2 [RELEASE] Dev-C++ 4.9.6.0

[Colin L. <col...@wa...>]

Hello,

> As you know g++ has changed it's ABI since 3.0, so libraries produced
> by gcc-2.95.x and gcc-3.x don't mix.

Yes, this is our principal problem. We will probably try to maintain Dev-C++ 
Packages for both versions then.

> Since we use a recent Linux system at our university lab we would like
> to give the students a version of g++ (to say devc++) which can use the
> same libraries. I have been using gcc-3.x  (since 3.0.3) exclusively (on
> Linux) and have never encounted any problems except that
> gcc-3.x doesn't support many of the EXTENSION (to the standard) that
> were created with gcc-2.x. But meanwhile most (lively) packages have
> removed this non-standard features.

Ok. Can you give me examples of such packages ?

> Probably I can use the recent Dev-C++ system with MinGW-2.0.0-3
> but then I have the problem to make an installable package again
> (I don't have much experience with Win32 and probably one needs a
> non-open tool for that).

I will make two packages for version 4.9.7.0, one with gcc 2.95.3 and the 
other with gcc 3.2.

Greetings !
Colin

> In the Linux world gcc-2.x is dying out (even the very conservative
> Debian destribution is switching).
>
>
> Many thanks and regards,
> Helmut.
>
> ---
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany