Re: [Mingw-users] Question about GCC Version 3.1.

[Oscar F. <of...@wa...>]

"Sternbach, William [IT]" <wil...@ci...> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I know GCC Version 3.1 has been released on the
> Unix operating system and it seems to work fine.

As Gerhard said, gcc 3.1 has not been released yet.
 
> Why are there so many numerous problems when the
> GCC Version 3.1 source code is compiled for Microsoft
> operating systems?

Actually, the last problems are specific of some Unix platforms
(Alpha, MIPS, Sparc). On the Windows platform, only Cygwin is an
"official" supported platform. Mingw is not supported by the GCC
team. Problems with Mingw would not stop GCC releases.

> If the source code is identical for Unix or Microsoft Windows,
> why is there only problems with the GCC Version 3.1
> for Microsoft Windows?

What are those problems?

> Also, when will the GCC Version 3.1 be available from
> MingW?

If you are really anxious about gcc 3.1, you have two options:

1. Build a pre-release with Cygwin or other "supported" platform.
2. Ask here what are the config options for building a gcc 3.1
pre-relase with MSYS.

> Thanks in advance for your Email reply.

May I ask why are you so interested on 3.1?

BTW, for knowing what is going on with gcc, subscribe to the gcc
mailing list or browse it on-line ( http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/ )

-- 
Oscar