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Re: Requesting an updated gcc-mingw-g++ package to match gcc-g++-3.4.4-2 (PR24196)
Doyle Rhynard wrote:
> I have been wondering for some time why Cygwin gcc is still in the 3.4.x
> versions while the the current gcc is 4.1.1. The GNU gcc site states that the
> 3.4.x has been closed with 3.4.6 being the final one. My only guess is that
> Cygwin has a very cautious incremental upgrade policy.
Because gcc 4.x is not quite stable yet on windows platforms. People
tend to bitch when the included compiler doesn't work, so you can't just
go throwing new versions out there.
But if you want to play with it you can build 4.3 from source yourself
right now. And if all you're doing is straight C it might even work
fine. gcj, not so much.
Brian
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