Built GCC 3.3.3 on Cygwin, should I use it?
Gareth Pearce
tilps@probablyprime.net
Wed Feb 18 14:33:00 GMT 2004
>
> I've tried to rebuild a number of programs I have written using GCC 3.3.3
> and
> every single one of them seem to work as they should. Many of them are
> Win32
> GUI programs (written in C++), some are programs using posix functions.
>
> So my question is: What problems can I expect if continue to use GCC
> 3.3.3?
Other then dealing with non-standard install locations (probably leading to
the c++ issue you had), and probably missing cygwin-specific features there
shouldnt be any 'problems'. An example of something likely to be missing
is -mno-cygwin.
> Should I go back to GCC 3.3.1 or is it fine to continue to use the later
> version? Any other drawbacks of this upgrade? Any benefits? If someone
> would
> shed some light on this I would be grateful.
Given you have installed in a separate location it is not like you have any
problems here, you can use the installed gcc 3.3.1 when you need it - and
your own built 3.3.3 when you need that. You havent 'upgraded' as such
just installed a newer version as well.
But given that you dont know why you've installed it, perhaps you just
shouldnt bother with it. 3.3.3 is mostly a bug fix release relative to
3.3.1 - go visit gcc.gnu.org to find out what bug fixes have occurred. Now
if you havent experienced the bugs, then there is probably no point for you
to have a custom build and you should just wait for whenever the cygwin gcc
maintainer updates the cygwin gcc distribution. However if a bit of
research finds that 3.3.3 has something you want then by all means, use it -
we're not going to stop you. ... Well okay, I'm not going to stop you.
Gareth
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