GCC compiler

[djh]

Thanks for the informative and helpful response.

Darel
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Tim Prince wrote:

> djh wrote:
> 
>>
>> My current version of gcc that setup.exe downloaded for me is:
>>
>> gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
>>
>> The other day I downloaded gcc 4.0.2
>>   filename:  gcc-4.0.2.tar.bz2
>>
>> did a configure, make, and makeinstall
>>
>> and the build was successfull.  I compiled a program with it and it 
>> seems to work. My question is, am I fooling myself?
>> Was there a lot of tweaking involved in getting the setup.exe 
>> downloaded version of gcc to work with cygwin?
> 
> You could run make -k check and compare your results with those posted 
> by others at gcc-testsuite.  This would show how well the standard 
> tested functions of gcc itself are working.  If you don't care to use 
> additional features of the cygming special, such as -mno-cygwin, you may 
> be set up to do what matters to you.
> 
> 



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